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 focusr. 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.Own work
- Dagdvølja, 1901
- Nøkur orð um hin føroyska dansin, 1908
- Fra Færøernes næringsveie i tekst og billeder, Kria. 1918
- Móti loysing, 1925
- Landaskipan og figgjarlig viðurskiftur i fristatinum Føroyar, 1928
- Fuglar 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.
Translations
- Robinson Kruso - Daniel Defoe, 1914
