Sverri Patursson
Illustration — Sverri Patursson featured on a Faroese postage stamp (1984) Sverri Patursson (1871–1960) was a Faroese writer, author, and journalist. He was also a translator, ornithologist and environmentalist. Patursson was born in the village of Kirkjubøur on Streymoy, Faroe Islands.
Sverri Patursson

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- Born
- 1871 · Kirkjubøur.
- Died
- 1960 · Kirkjubøur.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
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- ornithologist · writer · journalist · poet
- Languages
- Faroese · Danish
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Illustration — Sverri Patursson featured on a Faroese postage stamp (1984) Sverri Patursson (1871–1960) was a Faroese writer, author, and journalist. He was also a translator, ornithologist and environmentalist. Patursson was born in the village of Kirkjubøur on Streymoy, Faroe Islands.
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He attended Vallekilde Folk High School in Zealand in Denmark. Patursson worked as a journalist and his articles frequently featured Faroese wildlife with birds a principal focus. He was devoted to make the Faroe Islands known, and his actions included writing tourist articles as a freelance journalist for the Scandinavian press. Patursson was also a translator and literary writer, and an early author who wrote in Faroese. Patursson was the brother of Súsanna Helena Patursson, a famous Faroese actress and writer in her own right, and Jóannes Patursson, who led the Faroese nationalist movement.
• Dagdvølja, 1901 • Nøkur orð um hin føroyska dansin, 1908 • Fra Færøernes næringsveie i tekst og billeder, Kria. 1918 • Móti loysing (political articles), 1925 • Landaskipan og figgjarlig viðurskiftur i fristatinum Føroyar (political articles), 1928 • Fuglar og folk (noveller og essays), 1935 (2nd edition 1968) • Fuglar og fólk. Kirkjubøur: Øssur Patursson, 1968 (176 pages) • Fram við Sugguni: søgur, greinir, røður og yrkingar. (short stories, articles, speeches and poems, published after his death). Tórshavn: Emil Thomsen, 1971 (172 pages) • Fuglaframi: 1898-1902. Tórshavn: Offset-prent, Emil Thomsen, 1972 (408 pages) • Fra Færøernes næringsveie i tekst og billeder: med historisk oversigt. Tórshavn: Sjóvinnubankin, 1982 (76 pages) • Ábal og aðrar søgur Tórshavn: Føroya skúlabókagrunnur, (Ábal and other short stories) 2nd edition 2004 (45 pages, school book)
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• Robinson Kruso - Daniel Defoe (translated into Faroese by Sverre Patursson), 1914 (2nd edition 1968)
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1871
Sverri Patursson was born on 22 September 1871.
1960
Sverri Patursson died on 10 November 1960.
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Sverri Patursson is recorded with the occupation ornithologist. Recorded as ornithologist, writer, journalist and poet.
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