page_title: Sverri Patursson
hierarchical_section_title: Sverri Patursson
context_page_description: Sverri Patursson was a Faroese writer, author, and journalist. He was also a translator, ornithologist and environmentalist.
  Patursson was born in the village of Kirkjubøur on Streymoy, Faroe Islands. He attended Vallekilde Folk High School in Zealand in Denmark. Patursson worked as a journalist and his articles frequently featured Faroese wildlife with birds a principal focusr. He was devoted to make the Faroe Islands known, and his actions included writing tourist articles as a freelance journalist for the Scandinavian press. Patursson was also a translator and literary writer, and an early author who wrote in Faroese.
context_section_description: Sverri Patursson (1871–1960) was a Faroese writer, author, and journalist. He was also a translator, ornithologist and environmentalist.
  Patursson was born in the village of  Kirkjubøur on Streymoy, Faroe Islands. He attended  Vallekilde Folk High School  in Zealand in Denmark. Patursson worked as a journalist and his articles frequently featured Faroese wildlife with birds a principal focusr. He was devoted to make the Faroe Islands known, and his actions included writing tourist articles as a freelance journalist for the Scandinavian press. Patursson was also a translator and literary writer, and an early author who wrote in Faroese.
caption: Sverri Patursson featured on Faroese postage stamp (1984)
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