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Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen

Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen was born in 1900 at Tórshavn. Jacobsen died in 1938 at Vejle. Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen was recorded as writer, journalist and poet.

Portrait of the Faroese author and journalist Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900–1938).

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Identity

Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen is recorded as writer, journalist and poet.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1900–1939

  1. 1900

    Life

    Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen was born in 1900 at Tórshavn.

  2. 1915

    Institution

    Balinese Woman Winding Yarn is dated 1915/30 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  3. 1915

    Institution

    Balinese Woman Winding Yarn (The Art Institute of Chicago).

  4. 1915

    Institution

    Balinese Village (The Art Institute of Chicago).

  5. 1938

    Life

    Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen died in 1938 at Vejle.

  6. 1939

    Institution

    BARBARA (1939) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  7. 1939

    Institution

    BARBARA digitised by Internet Archive.

The full dated record · 7 entries
  1. 1900

    Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen was born in 1900 at Tórshavn.

  2. 1915

    Balinese Woman Winding Yarn is dated 1915/30 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  3. 1915

    Balinese Woman Winding Yarn (The Art Institute of Chicago).

  4. 1915

    Balinese Village (The Art Institute of Chicago).

  5. 1938

    Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen died in 1938 at Vejle.

  6. 1939

    BARBARA (1939) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  7. 1939

    BARBARA digitised by Internet Archive.

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Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Tórshavn

    Birth place

  • Vejle

    Death place

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

Their recorded dates run from 1915 to 1949.

  • Barbara

  • Vit skulu sjálvir

  • Faerøerne, natur og folk

  • Danmark og Faerøerne

  • Gyldendals julebog 1941

  • Ba ba la de qing ren

  • Kære Estrid, Jørgen-Frantz, du kære

  • Færøerne

  • En sang paa trapperne

    1949

  • Balinese Woman Winding Yarn, dated 1915/30, charcoal, with graphite and brush and blue wash, on cream japanese paper, laid down on off-white card

    The Art Institute of Chicago

  • Balinese Village, dated 1915/30, charcoal on ivory japanese paper

    The Art Institute of Chicago

Literature

Literature

  • Jacobsen, Jørgen-Frantz, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

  • Jacobsen, Jørgen-Frantz: Barbara, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

Literature

Scholarly footprint

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.

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