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Sanna av Skarði

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Sanna av Skarði (left) depicted with Anna Suffía Rasmussen on a Faroese postage stamp

Sanna av Skarði (born Súsanna Kathrina Jacobsen,[1] April 19, 1876 – February 12, 1978)[2][3] was a Faroese educator.[4]

Early life

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Sanna av Skarði was born in Tórshavn, the daughter of Jacob Jacobsen and Elsebeth Jacobsen née Djonesen.[3] In 1901 she married Símun av Skarði,[2] who co-founded the Faroese Folk High School (Faroese: Føroya Fólkaháskúli) together with Rasmus Rasmussen in Klaksvík in 1899.[5]

Career

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She taught alongside her husband at the school.[4]

Personal life

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Sanna and Símun were the parents of the journalist Sigrið av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975)[1] and the linguist Jóhannes av Skarði [Wikidata] (1911–1999). She died in Tórshavn at the age of 101.[3]

Commemoration

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In 2000, she was featured on a Faroese stamp together with her sister-in-law Anna Suffía Rasmussen. Aside from Ruth Smith's self-portrait, this was the first Faroese postage stamp depicting prominent women.

References

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  1. ^ a b Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon: Sigrid av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975).
  2. ^ a b Den Store Danske: Simun av Skarði.
  3. ^ a b c Bundgaard, Torben: Susanna Kathrine Jacobsen.
  4. ^ a b "Sanna og Anna Suffía". Føroya Fólkaháskuli (in Faroese). Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  5. ^ Pons, Christophe. 2011. "The Anthropology of Christianity in the Faroe Islands". In: Firouz Gaini (ed.), Among the Islanders of the North: An Anthropology of the Faroe Islands, pp. 80–131. Tórshavn: Fróðskapur / Faroe University Press, p. 91.