Símun av Skarði

Símun av Skarði [ sʊimʊn ɛaf skɛaɹɪ ] ( May 3, 1872 in Skarð, Faroe Islands, Tórshavn † 9 October 1942 ) was a Faroese teacher of history and languages ​​, together with Rasmus Rasmussen, he is the founder of the Community College of the Faroe Islands.

Símun av Skarði is also known as the poet of the national anthem of the Faroe Islands. He is one of the pioneers in the enforcement of the Faroese language in the Education of the Faroes.

Life

Símun is the son of Elsa (nee Matras Viðareiði ) and Johannes Johannessen from Skarð. From Skarð means in Faroese av Skarði and was then taken as a surname.

Símun av Skarði studied until 1896 at the Pedagogical University of the Faroe Islands and after three years in Denmark, where he met his compatriot Rasmus Rasmussen. Together they took the plan to establish a community college in the Faroe Islands according to Grundtvig's model. Immediately after her return to the Faroe Islands in 1899, the VHS Fagralíð was opened west of Klaksvík.

1901 married Símun av Skarði Sanna Jacobsen, whom he knew from his studies at the teacher training college in Tórshavn. Together they had the daughter Sigrid av Skarði Joensen ( 1908-1975 ). In 1909 she moved to the capital with the Community College of Klaksvík. In 1911 the son Jóhannes av Skarði to the world.

1906-1914 sat Símun av Skarði for Sjálvstýrisflokkurin ( independence party, founded in 1906) in Løgting.

Símun av Skarði coined the Faroese language conflict through the power of facts decisive, for his folk high school was the first school in the Faroe Islands, where the Faroese language was on the curriculum. And not only as a language course. All other subjects were taught in Faroese. Until his death in 1942, he was head of the community college.

List of Works

• Tú alfagra country mitt. National anthem of the Faroe Islands
• Jólasálmar Morgun og -og kvøldsálmar. Torshavn: Fram 1913 (30 p, carols and morning and evening songs, compiled by Jákup Dahl and Símun av Skarði )
• Vár: sjónleikur í FIMM PORTUM. 2nd edition - Tórshavn. Ungu Føroyar, 1960 (67 p "Spring: drama in five parts " )
• Turid Sigurðardóttir (ed.): Streingir, ID Tona. ( Collected Works, 7 volumes, edited by his granddaughter ) Streingir, ID Tona: Yrkingar. Tórshavn, Forlagið Fannir, 1998. ISBN 99918-49-20-3. (176 pp., poems)
• Streingir, ID Tona II: Søguligar greinir, skaldskapur above Soga. Tórshavn, Forlagið Fannir, 1999. ISBN 99918-49-25-4 ( p. 257 Historical work, poetry and history)
• Streingir, ID Tona III:. Skald above skaldskapur, mál above upplýsing, rently .... Tórshavn, Forlagið Fannir, 2000 ISBN 99918-49-27-0 (446 p, poetry, language, culture )
• Streingir, ID Tona IV: Søgur above ævintýr. Tórshavn, Forlagið Fannir, 2001. ISBN 99918-49-31-9 (274 p, stories and fairy tales )
• Streingir, ID Tona V: Søgur above ævintýr. Tórshavn, Forlagið Fannir, 2002. ISBN 99918-49-31-9 (102 p, stories and fairy tales )
• Streingir, ID Tona VI: Vár above Víkingarnir á Hálogalandi. Tórshavn, Forlagið Fannir, 2003. ISBN 99918-49-37-8 (161 pp., two pieces )
• Streingir, ID Tona VII: Skaldsøgan Strondin Bláa eftir Kristmann Guðmundsson. Tórshavn, Forlagið Fannir, 2004. ISBN 99918-49-38-6 (290 p, av Skarðis translation of " The blå kyst " of Kristmann Guðmundsson )