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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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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  1. ^ "Sverri Patursson (1871-1960)". snar.fo. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "Sverre Patursson". Faroe Post. 6 January 2006. Archived from the original on 28 February 2006. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Jóannes Patursson". MyHeritage. MyHeritage. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ Sverre Patursson Denstoredanske.dk
  5. ^ Snar.fo Ábal og aðrar søgur

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