| Georg L. Samuelsen | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 8, 1910 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Died | February 17, 1997 (aged 87) Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Occupation | Editor |
| Political party | Union Party |
Georg Lindenskov Samuelsen (January 8, 1910 – February 17, 1997) was a Faroese editor.
Faroese people or Faroe Islanders are a North Germanic ethnic group and nation native to the Faroe Islands. The Faroese are of mixed Norse and Gaelic origins. About 21,000 Faroese live in neighbouring countries, particularly in Denmark, Iceland and Norway. Most Faroese are citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark, in which the Faroe Islands are a constituent nation. The Faroese language is one of the North Germanic languages and is closely related to Icelandic and to western Norwegian varieties.
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Samuelsen was born in Tórshavn, [1] the son of Andrass Samuelsen and Beate Emilie Lindenskov. [2] He was the brother of Trygvi Samuelsen, and the father of Lisbeth L. Petersen and Beate L. Samuelsen.
Tórshavn is the capital and largest town of the Faroe Islands. Tórshavn is in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the 347-meter-high (1,138 ft) mountain Húsareyn, and to the southwest, the 350-meter-high (1,150 ft) Kirkjubøreyn. They are separated by the Sandá River. The town proper has a population of 13,089 (2017), and the greater urban area a population of 21,000.
Andrass Samuelsen was a Faroese politician and member of the Union Party. He was the first Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands after the autonomy of the Faroe Islands in 1948 (Heimastýrislógin).
Samuel Georg Trygve Samuelsen was a Faroese lawyer and politician in the Faroese Union Party.
He served as the editor of the newspaper Dimmalætting from 1936 to 1981—that is, from the age of 26 until he retired. [1] [2] [3] In 1945 he also became a special correspondent for the newspaper Berlingske Tidende . [2] Samuelsen co-founded the Aid Association for Needy Fishermen (Danish : Nødstedte Fiskeres Hjælpefond) in 1936 and became its director in 1953. He became a member of the Faroese Accident Insurance Council (Danish : Færøernes Ulykkesforsikringsråd) from 1954 to 1964 and again from 1968 onward, was head of the Útvarpsnevndin, the broadcasting council for Faroese Radio (Faroese : Útvarp Føroya) from 1959 to 1964 and again from 1968 onward, and was head of the Tórshavn Theater (Faroese : Sjónleikarhúsið) from 1952 to 1967. [2]
Dimmalætting is the oldest and largest newspaper of the Faroe Islands and is based in Tórshavn.
Berlingske, previously known as Berlingske Tidende, is a Danish national daily newspaper based in Copenhagen.
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status. Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas, around 15–20% of the population of Greenland speak Danish as their first language.
During this time, Samuelsen was active in the Tórshavn Theater Society (Faroese : Havnar Sjónleikarfelag) and he participated in a number of radio dramas with Faroese Radio throughout the years. He also translated several radio dramas into Faroese.
The Tórshavn Theater Society is a theater association in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands. The society operates the Tórshavn Theater, which was designed and built by H. C. W. Tórgarð in 1926. Tórgarð also became the society's first chairman in 1918. The Tórshavn Theater is also rented out for events.
Faroese is a North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 72,000 people, around 49,000 of whom reside on the Faroe Islands and 23,000 in other areas, mainly Denmark. It is one of five languages descended from Old West Norse spoken in the Middle Ages, the others being Norwegian, Icelandic, and the extinct Norn and Greenlandic Norse. Faroese and Icelandic, its closest extant relative, are not mutually intelligible in speech, but the written languages resemble each other quite closely, largely owing to Faroese's etymological orthography.
Radio drama is a dramatised, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension."
Samuelson became an honorary member of the Union Party in 1970. [2] He died in Tórshavn.
The Union Party is a conservative-liberal and agrarian political party in the Faroe Islands. The party wants to maintain the Faroe Islands union with Denmark. On 24 October 2015 Bárður á Steig Nielsen succeeded Kaj Leo Johannesen as party leader.
