Christian Ludvig Johannesen
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Christian Ludvig Johannesen (1862–1935) was a Faroese teacher and independence activist. Johannesen was one of the nine men that signed the invitation to the
Christmas Meeting of 1888 The Christmas Meeting of 1888Benati, Chiara. 2009. Faroese: A National Language under Siege? In: Susanna Pertot et al. (eds.), ''Rights, Promotion and Integration Issues for Minority Languages in Europe'', pp. 189–196. Basingstoke: Palgrave M ...
, which is considered to have marked the beginning of the
Faroese independence movement The Faroese independence movement ( fo, Føroyska Tjóðskaparrørslan), or the Faroese national movement (), is a political movement which seeks the establishment of the Faroe Islands as a sovereign state outside Denmark. Reasons for complete a ...
. In 1891, together with Jógvan Poulsen, he published ''Förisk ABC og lesingabók'' (A Faroese ABC and Reader), the first Faroese reader for primary schools.Piotrowski, Bernard. 1997. Probleme der Entwicklung der Sprache eines kleinen Volkes am Beispiel des Färöischen. ''Studia germanica posnaniensia'' 23: 131–144, p. 137 However, it was soon superseded by Hammershaimb's normative guide.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johannesen, Christian Ludvig Faroese politicians 1862 births 1935 deaths