Kristian Osvald Viderø
Kristian Osvald Viderø (27 May 1906 – 8 April 1991) was a Faroese clergyman, poet and Bible translator. In 1985 he won the Faroese Literature Prize for his works.
Kristian Osvald Viderø
- Name
- Kristian Osvald Viderø
- Born
- 27 May 1906
- Birthplace
- Skálavík, Faroe Islands
- Died
- 8 April 1991
- Place of death
- Copenhagen, Denmark Kristian Osvald Viderø (27 May 1906 – 8 April 1991) was a Faroese clergyman, poet and Bible translator.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- poet · translator · writer · lutheran pastor · theologian
- Education
- University of Copenhagen
- Languages
- Danish · Faroese
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Kristian Osvald Viderø (27 May 1906 – 8 April 1991) was a Faroese clergyman, poet and Bible translator. In 1985 he won the Faroese Literature Prize for his works.
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• Name — Kristian Osvald Viderø • Born — 27 May 1906 • Birthplace — Skálavík, Faroe Islands • Died — 8 April 1991 • Place of death — Copenhagen, Denmark Kristian Osvald Viderø (27 May 1906 – 8 April 1991) was a Faroese clergyman, poet and Bible translator. In 1985 he won the Faroese Literature Prize for his works.
Biography
Biography
Viderø was born in Skálavík. After theological studies in Denmark, he oversaw the completion of a translation of the Old Testament into the Faroese language, which Jákup Dahl had worked on until his death in 1944. He was the parish priest of Hattarvík from 1965 to 1969. He died in Copenhagen. Viderø was commemorated on a Faroese postage stamp in a series on Faroese Bible translators in June 2007.
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Kristian Osvald Viderø is recorded with the occupation Bible translator. Recorded with the occupation Lutheran pastor. Recorded as poet, translator, writer, lutheran pastor and theologian.
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1906
Kristian Osvald Viderø was born on 27 May 1906.
1991
Kristian Osvald Viderø died on 8 April 1991.
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