Sissal Kampmann

Sissal Kampmann is a Faroese poet. She grew up in Vestmanna in the Faroe Islands. After finishing the Faroese University-preparatory school in Tórshavn, she moved to Denmark to study Nordic literature at the University of Copenhagen.

Louis Zachariasen

Louis Christian Oliver Zachariasen known as Louis Zachariasen was a Faroese writer and politician for the New Self-Government party. He was the first deputy prime minister of the Faroe Islands after the islands received home rule in 1948

Annfinnur í Skála

Annfinnur í Skála is a Faroese writer. He holds an MA in history and English and has taught at the Faroese upper secondary school since 1975

Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs

Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs is a Faroese cultural prize, which is given by the City Council of Tórshavn to a Faroese writer, artist, musician, orchestra etc. who the board wish to award for their artistic work with children. The prize

Cabinet of Edmund Joensen II

The second cabinet of Edmund Joensen was the government of the Faroe Islands from 11 June 1996 until 15 May 1998, with Edmund Joensen from Sambandsflokkurin (SB) as Prime Minister. The other parties of the coalition were: People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin

Carl Jóhan Jensen

Carl Jóhan Jensen is a Faroese writer, poet and literary critic. His books have five times been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1991, 1998, 2007, 2008 and 2016. In 1989 and 2006 he received the M. A. Jacobsen's Cultural Prize from

Guðrið Helmsdal

Guðrið Helmsdal Nielsen is a Faroese poet. Born as Guðrið Helmsdal Poulsen, she added her husband's surname when she married. She writes as Guðrið Helmsdal

Tróndur Bogason

Tróndur Bogason is a Faroese composer and musician. He composes classical works, but he also arranges music for pop, rock and folk artists. He is married to the Faroese singer Eivør Pálsdóttir with whom he also works; they arranged her album Room

Bjørt Samuelsen

Bjørt Samuelsen is a Faroese journalist, master in food science and politician (Republic

Cabinet of Anfinn Kallsberg II

The second cabinet of Anfinn Kallsberg was the government of the Faroe Islands from 6 June 2002 until 3 February 2004, with Anfinn Kallsberg from People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) as Prime Minister. It was a coalition between People's Party

Andrei Simonov

Andrei Dmitrievich Simonov was a Russian Armed Forces major general serving as Chief of the Electronic Warfare Troops of the 2nd Army of the Western Military District