Sverri Patursson


Sverri Patursson 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. 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.

Own work

Dagdvølja, 1901Nøkur orð um hin føroyska dansin, 1908Fra Færøernes næringsveie i tekst og billeder, Kria. 1918Móti loysing, 1925Landaskipan og figgjarlig viðurskiftur i fristatinum Føroyar, 1928Fuglar og folk, 1935 Fuglar og fólk. Kirkjubøur: Øssur Patursson, 1968 Fram við Sugguni : søgur, greinir, røður og yrkingar.. Tórshavn: Emil Thomsen, 1971 Fuglaframi: 1898-1902. Tórshavn: Offset-prent, Emil Thomsen, 1972 Fra Færøernes næringsveie i tekst og billeder : med historisk oversigt. Tórshavn: Sjóvinnubankin, 1982 Ábal og aðrar søgur Tórshavn: Føroya skúlabókagrunnur, 2nd edition 2004

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