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Djóni í Geil on a stamp from 1988 (left). The newspaper advertisement documented on top of the stamp is the call for the Christmas meeting in 1888 and carries a. the signature of D. Isaksen . The caption under his portrait but the nickname Djóni í Geil .
The oldest known photo of Løgting dates from before 1897. Djóni í Geil was identified as the second man from the right.

Djóni í Geil [ dʒɔunɪ ʊi gail ], actually Djóni Isaksen or Danish Dione Isaksen (born September 12, 1849 in Tórshavn , Faroe Islands , † April 20, 1912 ibid) was a painter in Tórshavn, and one of the nine pioneers in the national awakening movement from Christmas meeting of the Faroe Islands 1888 .

Life

Djóni was the son of Anna Elisabeth Sofie Andreasdatter from Kollafjørður and Poul Isaksen from Tórshavn. Like many Faroese, he took a surname that refers to a specific place. "Í Geil" means "in the path" or "in the course" and refers to a certain path. He was married to Anna Elisabeth, geb. Holm from Tórshavn.

Djóni í Geil was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Dúgvan from 1899–1907 , and member of the Løgting from 1882–1885, 1887–1899 and 1901–06 . Since the political parties of the Faroe Islands were not founded until 1906, all members of the parliament were independent until then. Djóni í Geil was directly elected candidate from the constituency of South Streymoy .

Djóna í Geilgøta street in Tórshavn is named after him.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Løgtingið 150 - Hátíðarrit . ( Memento of September 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Tórshavn 2002, Volume 1, p. 114 (Faroese)
  2. ↑ At that time only Danish forms of name were used in church registers and other documents. The Faroese forms remained unofficial until the 20th century. See Dione Isaksen's sender name on a postal order documented in 1879: Don Brandt: More stories and stamps from the Faroe Islands . Translated from English by Arne List. Tórshavn: Postverk Føroya 2006, p. 323 and ill. P. 324
  3. ↑ geil (Faroese) in the Wiktionary
personal data
SURNAME Great, Djóni í
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Isaksen, Djóni (maiden name); Isaksen, Dione (maiden name, Danish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Tórshavn , Faroe Islands
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1912
Place of death Tórshavn , Faroe Islands