Sanna av Skarði (born Súsanna Kathrina Jacobsen,[1] April 19, 1876 – February 12, 1978)[2][3] was a Faroese educator.
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.[4] She taught together with her husband at the school. She died in Tórshavn at the age of 101.[3]
Sanna and Símun were the parents of the journalist Sigrið av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975)[1] and the linguist Jóhannes av Skarði (1911–1999).
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 edit
- ^ a b Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon: Sigrid av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975).
- ^ a b Den Store Danske: Simun av Skarði.
- ^ a b c Bundgaard, Torben: Susanna Kathrine Jacobsen.
- ^ 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.