Per á Hædd is a Faroese photographer based in
Tórshavn
Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...
whose photographs were featured on stamps issued in 1999:
Image:Faroe_stamp_348_kalsoy.jpg, Kalsoy
Kalsoy ( da, Kalsø) is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands of Denmark between Eysturoy and Kunoy. The name means man island; by contrast with the parallel island to the east, Kunoy, the name of which means woman island.
The northernm ...
Image:Faroe_stamp_349_vidoy.jpg, Viðoy
Viðoy ( da, Viderø) is the northernmost island in the Faroe Islands, located east of Borðoy to which it is linked via a causeway. The name means ''wood island,'' despite the fact that no trees grow on the island; the name relates to the driftwoo ...
Image:Faroe_stamp_350_svinoy.jpg, Svinoy
Image:Faroe_stamp_352_kunoy.jpg, Kunoy
Kunoy (meaning ''Woman island'', is an island located in the north-east of the Faroe Islands between Kalsoy to the west (with which there is no physical link) and Borðoy to the east (to which it is linked via a causeway).
Settlements and transpo ...
Image:Faroe_stamp_353_bordoy.jpg, Borðoy
Borðoy ( da, Bordø) is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands. Its name means 'headland island'. There are eight settlements: Klaksvík (the second largest town in the Faroes), Norðoyri, Ánir, Árnafjørður, Strond, Norðtoftir, ...
and later on stamps issued in the year 2000:
Image:Faroe_stamp_373_skuvoy.jpg, Skúvoy
Skúvoy or Skúgvoy ( da, Skuø) is an island in the central Faroe Islands, located to the south of Sandoy.
It is named after the large number of great skua present on the island (who have a habit of attacking intruders). There is only one s ...
Image:Faroe_stamp_374_hestur.jpg, Hestur
Hestur ( da, Hestø) is an island in the central Faroe Islands, to the west of Streymoy and the south of Koltur. ''Hestur'' means ''horse'' in Faroese.
On the west coast is a guillemot colony. In the north there is moorland with four small lakes, ...
Image:Faroe_stamp_375_koltur.jpg, Koltur
Image:Faroe_stamp_375_nolsoy.jpg, Nólsoy Nólsoy (previously also ''Nölsoy''; da, Nolsø; non, Norsey) is an island and village in central Faroe Islands, 4 km east of the capital Tórshavn in Streymoy.
Description
Nólsoy is the lowest of the Faroes; the highest point is Eggjarkl ...
External links
Per á Hædd "Colour Art Photo" website
Faroese artists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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