Sverri Patursson (1871–1960) was a Faroese writer, author, and journalist. He was also a

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, ornithologist and

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. Patursson was born in the village of

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on Streymoy,

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. He attended Vallekilde Folk High School in

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. Patursson worked as a journalist and his articles frequently featured Faroese wildlife with birds a principal focus. He was devoted to make the

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. 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.

Bibliography

Own work

* ''Dagdvølja'', 1901 * ''Nøkur orð um hin føroyska dansin'', 1908 * ''Fra Færøernes næringsveie i tekst og billeder'', Kria. 1918 * ''Móti loysing'' (political articles), 1925 * ''Landaskipan og figgjarlig viðurskiftur i fristatinum Føroyar'' (political articles), 1928 * ''Fuglar og folk'' (noveller og essays), 1935 (2nd edition 1968) * ''Fuglar og fólk''. Kirkjubøur: Øssur Patursson, 1968 (176 pages) * ''Fram við Sugguni : søgur, greinir, røður og yrkingar.'' (short stories, articles, speeches and poems, published after his death). Tórshavn: Emil Thomsen, 1971 (172 pages) * ''Fuglaframi: 1898-1902''. Tórshavn: Offset-prent, Emil Thomsen, 1972 (408 pages) * ''Fra Færøernes næringsveie i tekst og billeder : med historisk oversigt''. Tórshavn: Sjóvinnubankin, 1982 (76 pages) * ''Ábal og aðrar søgur'' Tórshavn: Føroya skúlabókagrunnur, (Ábal and other short stories) 2nd edition 2004 (45 pages, school book)Snar.fo Ábal og aðrar søgur
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Translations

* Robinson Kruso - Daniel Defoe (translated into Faroese by Sverre Patursson), 1914 (2nd edition 1968)

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1871 births 1960 deaths Faroese writers Faroese male poets Danish ornithologists 20th-century Danish journalists 19th-century Faroese people People from Kirkjubøur {{Faroes-writer-stub