Fríðrikur Petersen

Fríðrikur Petersen [ fɹʊi ː ɹikʊɹ ] actually Frederik Petersen ( born April 22, 1853 in Saltnes / Faroe Islands, † April 26, 1917 in Nes ( Eysturoy ) ) was a Faroese politician and clergyman ( Sambandsflokkurin ).

Life

Fríðrikur is the son of Susanna Fredrikka Óladóttir Hansen from Nes and John Petersen from Klaksvík. He was married to Sophie Amalie, born Wesenberg from Copenhagen.

After his graduation in 1875, he studied theology and graduated in 1880 as cand.theol. from. First, he was pastor at Sandoy ( until 1885 ), then on Suðuroy ( until 1900 ) and finally to his death provost of the Faroe Islands, based in Nes on Eysturoy. In 1892 he translated the Lord's Prayer into Faroese, which is considered the first modern translation into that language. Among his most famous songs include, inter alia Tiðin rennur sum Streymur i á (1892, music by Jógvan Waagstein ) Deyði he hvar Broddur tin ( 1900) and the Faroese version of Silent Night (1891 ).

The Løgting belonged to Petersen from 1890 to 1891 and then from 1893 to 1917. From 1894 to 1902, from 1906 to 1914 and from 1915 to 1917 he was also a member of the Danish House of Lords in the Folketing, the country Stings. 1906 was Petersen co-founder of the first political party of the Faroe Islands, the Unionist Sambandsflokkurin, which campaigns for the kingdom community of the Faroe Islands with Denmark. At the same time, he was from the founding until his death chairman of the party.

Honors

In 1907 he was knighted by the Danish Dannebrogordens. The Fríðrikskirkjan ( Frederick Church ) from 1994 in Toftir is named after Fríðrikur Petersen. On 19 May 2008 was honored with a postage stamp Fríðrikur Petersen from Postverk Føroya.