Carl Aage Hilbert

Carl Aage Hilbert (born March 27, 1899 in Copenhagen , Denmark ; † October 17, 1953 there ) was a Danish lawyer and bailiff of the Faroe Islands during the British occupation of the islands in World War II .

Life

CA Hilbert is the son of Doretha Marie, nee Barnucka, and Emil Christopher Hilbert from Copenhagen. He was married to Gudrun Marie Christine, (born Nielsen in 1900 in Nykøbing ). Together they had the son Niels-Ole (born May 18, 1932).

After graduating from high school in 1916, CA Hilbert studied law and graduated in 1921 as cand. Jur. from. This was followed by employment in various Copenhagen ministries and from 1930 a judge's office in Copenhagen until he came to the Faroe Islands in 1936 as amtmaður (bailiff) , which was then administered as a Danish office.

During his tenure, the Faroese language dispute was fought there, which was decided in 1938 in favor of the Faroese national movement. Another domestic political dispute at that time was the recognition of the Faroe Islands flag , which he vehemently refused to accept . When the Faroe Islands were occupied by Great Britain in 1940 during World War II , this question came about unexpectedly, as Winston Churchill insisted that the Faroe Islands flag should only be flown at sea.

During the occupation, the Faroe Islands were completely cut off from Copenhagen, and so the Faroe Islands had their own government, which Hilbert belonged to, along with a committee of Løgtings delegates and the Løgmaður . While Hilbert was under severe criticism at the beginning of his term in office, today he is largely viewed positively in the Faroe Islands because of this term in office. With the end of the Second World War in 1945, Hilbert's tenure in the Faroe Islands also ended.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hjalmar Ringberg	Bailiff of the Faroe Islands 1936–1945	Cai A. Vagn-Hansen