Fríðrikur Petersen
Illustration — Fríðrikur Petersen Fríðrikur Petersen (April 22, 1853 – April 26, 1917) was a noted Faroese Unionist politician and clergyman. • Illustration — Frederik's Church in Nes
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Fríðrikur Petersen
Unknown photographer (likely dead before 1948) · Private collection institution QS:P195,somevalue,P3831 · Public domain
- Born
- 1853 · Saltnes.
- Died
- 1917 · Frederiksberg.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- priest · politician · writer · poet
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog · Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
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Illustration — Fríðrikur Petersen Fríðrikur Petersen (April 22, 1853 – April 26, 1917) was a noted Faroese Unionist politician and clergyman. • Illustration — Frederik's Church in Nes
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Petersen was born at Saltnes in Eysturoy. He was the son of Johannes Petersen (1812–1901) and Susanne Frederikke Olesdatter (1826–1905). He became a student in Reykjavík, Iceland in 1875 and was awarded his Cand.theol. in 1880. He was married in 1880 with Sophie Amalie Wesenberg (1861–1919). He was ordained a Lutheran priest in the Church of the Faroe Islands (Fólkakirkjan). He served as parish priest at Sandoynni (1880), Suðuroy (1885) and at Østerø (1900). He was a rural dean at Nes in Eysturoy from 1900 to 1917. Petersen was chairman of the Sambandpartiet from its foundation in 1906 until his death in 1917. He was a member of the Faroese Løgting (1890) and the Danish Landsting (1892–1900). He served as county councilor for the Faroe Islands 1894–1902. He died on April 26, 1917, in Copenhagen.
Frederik's Church in Nes
Frederik's Church in Nes
Fredericks Church (Fríðrikskirkjan) in Nes was completed in 1994 and was named in honor of Fríðrikur Petersen.
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1853
Fríðrikur Petersen was born on 22 April 1853.
1917
Fríðrikur Petersen died at Frederiksberg.
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