Poul Effersøe (January 24, 1871 – March 11, 1926) was a Faroese lawyer. Effersøe was born in Trongisvágur.Hjorth-Nielsen, H. 1941. Danske Sagførere under loven af 26. Maj 1868. Copenhagen: J. Jørgensen & Co., p. 92. His surname comes from the Icelandic island of Effersey (Old Norse ''Örfirisey'' 'island of the ebb tide'). Isaksen, Jógvan. 1993. ''Færøsk litteratur: introduktion og punktnedslag''. Valby: Forlaget Vindrose, p. 100. He was the son of the local administrator ('' sysselmann'') Gudmund Christie Laurentius Isholm Effersøe and the brother of the agronomist, poet, and politician

Rasmus Effersøe Rasmus Christoffer Effersøe (May 30, 1857 – March 23, 1916) was a Faroese agronomist, poet, and politician. Effersøe was born in Trongisvágur.Rossel, Sven Hakon. 1992. ''A History of Danish Literature''. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Pre ...

(1857–1916) and the politician

Oliver Effersøe Oliver Johan Thomas Ludvig Effersøe (March 20, 1863 – March 8, 1933) was a Faroese official and politician for the Faroese Union Party. Effersøe was born in Tvøroyri. His surname comes from the Icelandic island of Effersey (Old Norse ''Ö ...

(1863–1933).Nauerby, Tom. 1996. ''No Nation is an Island: Language, Culture and National Identity in the Faroe Islands''. Aarhus: SNAI-North Atlantic Publications, p. 57. He received the degree of '' examen artium'' from Sorø Academy in 1889 and became a candidate of law in 1897. Effersøe served as a representative for the governor of

Bornholm Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...

from 1897 to 1898, and then worked under superior court barrister Frederik Phister (1898–1899) and under superior court barrister Sophus Sinding (1899–1901). Because of illness, he was unable to work for several years, and he resided in the Faroe Islands. He started practicing as an unlicensed lawyer in Tórshavn in 1905. In 1914 he became a superior court barrister. Effersøe died in Tórshavn.

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