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Álvur Zachariasen
Álvur Zachariasen (5 June 1931 – 28 June 2022) was a Faroese foreman, teacher, and politician for the Home Rule Party. Biography Zachariasen was born in Klaksvík, the son of Símun Petur Zachariasen and Maria Henriksen. He is also the nephew of the writer and politician Louis Zachariasen. Zachariasen graduated as a ship's captain in 1957 and was a foreman at the Lauritzen shipping company from 1955 to 1964, after which he held an equivalent position at the Faroe Ship ( fo, Skipafelagið Føroyar) shipping company until 1971. After this he was a teacher at the Klaksvík Nautical School ( fo, Klaksvíkar Sjómansskúla) from 1972 to 1998. Zachariasen was a member of the municipal council for Klaksvík from 1980 to 1997. He also served as a representative of the Norðoyar district for the Home Rule Party in the Faroese Parliament Faroese ( ) or Faroish ( ) may refer to anything pertaining to the Faroe Islands, e.g.: *the Faroese language * the Faroese people Faroese people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faroe Islanders
Faroese people or Faroe Islanders ( fo, føroyingar; da, færinger) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nation native to the Faroe Islands. The Faroese are of mixed Norse and Gaelic origins. About 21,000 Faroese live in neighbouring countries, particularly in Denmark, Iceland and Norway. Most Faroese are citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark, in which the Faroe Islands are a constituent nation. The Faroese language is one of the North Germanic languages and is closely related to Icelandic and to western Norwegian varieties. Origins The first known settlers of the Faroe Islands were Gaelic hermits and monks who arrived in the 6th century. From the ninth century onwards the Norse-Gaels came and brought Norse culture and language to the islands. Little is known about this period, thus giving room for speculation. A single source mentions early settlement, the Icelandic Færeyinga saga. It was written sometime around 1200 and explains events taking place approximately 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Self-Government
Sjálvstýri (previously Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (English: referred to interchangeably as ''Independence'', ''Self-Government'', or ''Home Rule'') is a liberal, autonomist political party on the Faroe Islands. It is currently led by the Mayor of Klaksvík, Jógvan Skorheim. Nýtt Sjálvstýri traditionally supported greater autonomy for the Faroes within the Kingdom of Denmark, but in 1998 it agreed, as part of a coalition deal with Tjóðveldi and Fólkaflokkurin, to support national independence for the Faroes. Today it supports obtaining independence through gradually increasing Faroese autonomy until the Faroe Islands becomes a de facto independent state. At the 2008 election to the Løgting, the party won 7.2% of the popular vote and 2 out of 33 seats. In early elections in 2011, the party's vote fell to 4.2% and it lost one seat. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaksvík
Klaksvík is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality. History The first settlement at Klaksvík dates back to Viking times, but it was not until the 20th century that the district merged to form a large, modern Faroese town that became a cultural and commercial centre for the Northern Isles and the Faroe Islands as a whole. Klaksvík is located between two inlets lying back to back. It has an important harbour with fishing industry and a modern fishing fleet. Originally, four farms were located where Klaksvík is now. In time, they grew into four villages: Vágur, Myrkjanoyri, Gerðar and Uppsalir; which finally merged to form the town of Klaksvík in 1938. What triggered the development of the town was the establishment of a centralized store for all the northern islands on the location. The brewery Föroya Bj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Símun Petur Zachariasen
Símun Petur Zachariasen (November 2, 1887 – October 15, 1977) was a Faroese teacher, editor, and politician for the Home Rule Party. Family Zachariasen was born in Kirkja on the island of Fugloy, Faroe Islands. He was the son of Símun Mikkjal Zachariasen from Kirkja and Malena Frederikka Simonsen from Hattarvík, and was the brother of Louis Zachariasen. Símun Petur Zachariasen married Maria Henriksen from Klaksvík, and they were the parents of the politician Álvur Zachariasen. Career Zachariasen graduated from the Faroese Teachers School in 1908 and worked as a teacher in Klaksvík from 1914 to 1953, and as the editor of the newspaper '' Norðlýsið'' from 1915 onward. He served as the head of the bank Norðoya Sparikassa from 1919 to 1976. Zachariasen was mayor of the Municipality of Klaksvík from 1930 to 1934. He served as a representative of the Home Rule Party for the Norðoyar district in the Faroese Parliament Faroese ( ) or Faroish ( ) may refer to anything ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Zachariasen
Louis Christian Oliver Zachariasen known as Louis Zachariasen (21 January 1890 in Kirkja, Fugloy – 30 August 1960) was a Faroe Islands, Faroese writer and politician for the New Self-Government party. He was the first deputy prime minister of the Faroe Islands after the islands received home rule in 1948. Zachariasen received a degree as a schoolteacher from the Faroese Teachers School in Tórshavn in 1911 and attended a folk high school in Denmark in 1915. In 1918 he received his ''examen artium'', and in 1924 he received a Master of Science in Engineering, master of science in engineering (Danish: cand.polyt.) from Polyteknisk Læreanstalt in Copenhagen. He moved back to the Faroe Islands, where he was employed by the Faroese Telephone Company (''Telefonverk Føroya Løgtings'') in 1925, and he served as the CEO of the company from 1936 to 1952. He was also the president of the ''Collegium Academicum Faeroense'' from 1933 to 1942. Bibliography *1926 – ''Páll fangi'', p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norðoyar
The six islands in the northeast of the Faroe Islands are together referred to as Norðoyar, i.e. the Northern Isles ( da, Norderøerne). These Islands from west to east are Kalsoy, Kunoy, Borðoy, Viðoy, Svínoy and Fugloy. Klaksvík Klaksvík is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality. History The first s ... is the biggest settlement of the region. Norðoyar is sometimes spelled Norðoyggjar. In the 1946 independence referendum, 67.3% of Norðoyar voters chose independence, the highest proportion out of any Faroese region. Direct Democracy Further reading * Christiansen, Hans ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faroese Parliament
Faroese ( ) or Faroish ( ) may refer to anything pertaining to the Faroe Islands, e.g.: *the Faroese language * the Faroese people Faroese people or Faroe Islanders ( fo, føroyingar; da, færinger) are a North Germanic peoples, North Germanic ethnic group and nation Ethnic groups in Europe, native to the Faroe Islands. The Faroese are of Norse–Gaels, mixed Norsemen, Nors ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Deaths
The following notable deaths occurred in 2022. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference. December 25 * Chalapathi Rao, 78, Indian actor and producer, heart attack. (death announced on this date) 24 *Vittorio Adorni, 85, Italian road racing cyclist. *Cotton Davidson, 91, American football player ( Baltimore Colts, Dallas Texans, Oakland Raiders). (death announced on this date) *Franco Frattini, 65, Italian politician and magistrate, twice minister of foreign affairs, twice of public administration, European commissioner for justice (2004–2008), cancer. *Madosini, 78, South African musician. *Barry Round, 72, Australian footballer (Sydney, Footscray, Williamstown), organ failure. *Royal Applause, 29, British Thoroughbred racehorse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Løgting
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Klaksvík
A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal obligation, legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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