Sverri Patursson

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Sverri Patursson (1871–1960) was a Faroese writer, author and environmentalist. He was devoted to make the Faroe Islands known, and his actions included writing tourist articles as a freelance journalist for the Scandinavian press. He was also a translator and literary writer, and one of the first authors who wrote in Faroese.

Bibliography

Own work

• Dagdjølja, 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)

Translations

• Robinson Kruso - Daniel Defoe (translated into Faroese by Sverre Patursson), 1914 (2nd edition 1968)

External links

Media related to Category:Sverre Patursson at Wikimedia Commons