Føringafelag

Føringafelag ( Faroese Society ) is the name of a former Faroese language and cultural association that was founded in 1889 and lasted until the beginning of the 20th century .

history

Because of the bad weather prevailing at the time, many interested people from distant villages were unable to attend the historic Christmas meeting in 1888 . Therefore, RC Effersøe and Jóannes Patursson called another meeting for January 6, 1889 ( Epiphany ). At this meeting, a linguistic and cultural association was founded, which was called Føringafelag , and two key objectives were formulated:

1. To restore the Faroese language to its due position in public life.
2. To improve the cooperation between the Faroese and to work towards independence in all areas.

The association was based on a model of the same name, the Føroyingafelag student association founded in Copenhagen in 1881 . It was initially a Faroese language and cultural association of a non-political nature. The annual meeting always took place at the beginning of each year on January 6th ( trettandadag ), the day the company was founded. The apolitical nature of this society was to change after the turn of the century , when a development towards the later parties Sambandsflokkurin on the one hand and Sjálvstýrisflokkurin on the other became apparent. The two parties pursued very different objectives, which were expressed, among other things, in the language dispute. The unification did not withstand this ordeal and died after the formation of the parties in 1909.

Despite its imminent end, the association had laid an important foundation stone. As early as 1898, the "Føroya Bókmentafelag" was the first Faroese literary society and other cultural associations were to follow in the next century.

Føringatíðindi

The association brought out a monthly newspaper from January 1890, which was called Føringatíðindi . It was the first newspaper to appear exclusively in the Faroese language . The sheet explicitly used Hammershaimb's spelling from the start. The newspaper was headed by RC Effersøe (1857-1916) and was the counterpart to Niels Winthers " Færingetidende " , which is also reflected in the choice of name. The last edition appeared in February 1906.

Web links

• Søga Føringafelags , review of an article by Sverri Patursson in Tingakrossur No. 53 of December 9, 1925, on the history of the Føringafelag, infomedia.dk (in Faroese)
• The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History , by Jonathan Wylie (in English)
• Mellem tradition og modernitet , from Vár í Ólavsstovu, gymnasieforskning.dk (in Danish)
• National symboler i det Danske Rige, 1830-2000 , by Inge Adriansen, p.341 (in Danish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nationale symboler i det Danske Rige, 1830-2000 , by Inge Adriansen, p.341 (in Danish)
2. ↑ Føringatíðindi of January 1, 1890 , infomedia.dk
3. ↑ Mellem tradition og modernitet , from Vár í Ólavsstovu, gymnasieforskning.dk. p.102
4. ^ Føringatíðindi of Feb. 28, 1906 , infomedia.dk