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Símun av Skarði (3 May 1872 – 9 October 1942) was a Faroese poet, politician, and teacher.
Símun was born in the village of Skarð on Kunoy. In 1893, he entered the seminary in Tórshavn, which he graduated from as a teacher in 1896. He attended Askov Højskole from 1896 to 1898, and then the State Teachers College in
Føroya Fólkaháskúli website
1872 births 1942 deaths 20th-century Faroese poets Faroese-language poets Self-Government (Faroe Islands) politicians Members of the Løgting National anthem writers Faroese male poets 19th-century Faroese people 20th-century Faroese people 20th-century Danish male writers {{Faroes-politician-stub
Biography
Símun was born in the village of Skarð on Kunoy. In 1893, he entered the seminary in Tórshavn, which he graduated from as a teacher in 1896. He attended Askov Højskole from 1896 to 1898, and then the State Teachers College in Copenhagen
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from 1898 to 1899. In 1899, he co-founded the Faroese folk high school (''Føroya Fólkaháskúli'') together with Rasmus Rasmussen (1871–1962). He worked there as headmaster and teacher from 1899 to 1942. Símun's sister, Anna Suffía Rasmussen (1876–1932), who had married Rasmus Rasmussen, served as the superintendent. Rasmus Rasmussen worked there as a teacher until 1947.
He was the husband of the educator Sanna av Skarði (1876–1978), who also taught at Føroya Fólkaháskúli. They were the parents of
the journalist Sigrið av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975) and linguist Jóhannes av Skarði (1911–1999). Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is his great-grandson-in-law.
His best-known work as a poet is the Faroese national anthem
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, '' Mítt alfagra land'', better known by its incipit
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''Tú alfagra land mítt''. He was a member of parliament for the Self-Government Party (''Sjálvstýrisflokkurin'') from 1906 to 1914.
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* ''Løgtingið og høvundarnir 2'': ''Løgtingið 150'' (1st ed.) p. 350. Tórshavn Løgtingið 2002.External links
Føroya Fólkaháskúli website
1872 births 1942 deaths 20th-century Faroese poets Faroese-language poets Self-Government (Faroe Islands) politicians Members of the Løgting National anthem writers Faroese male poets 19th-century Faroese people 20th-century Faroese people 20th-century Danish male writers {{Faroes-politician-stub