Hannes Finsen

Hannes Finsen

Hannes Kristján Steingrímur Finsen (born May 13, 1828 in Reykjavík , Iceland ; † November 18, 1892 in Ribe , Denmark ) was an Icelandic lawyer and senior civil servant in Denmark, a. a. Bailiff of the Faroe Islands .

Life

Hannes was born in 1828 to Maria Nicolina Óladóttir, nee Møller, and Ólafur Hannesson Finsen from Reykjavík. His first marriage was later to Johanne Sofie Caroline Christine , b. Formann from Falster , then with her cousin Birgitta Kirstine (1840–1930, née Formann from Dronninglund ). Together with Johanne Sofie, he had four children: Olaf Finsen (pharmacist and mayor of Tórshavn / Faroe Islands) and Niels Ryberg Finsen ( Nobel Prize for Medicine ), Elisabeth Finsen and Vilhelm Hannes Finsen. With Birgitta Kirstine he had six other children. All children were born in Tórshavn.

Hannes Finsen graduated from high school in 1848, studied law and graduated in 1856 as a cand. Jur. from. He then worked in Copenhagen in the Danish government department for Iceland until 1858 . After that he went to the Faroe Islands , where he was Landvoigt until 1871, and then bailiff of the Faroe Islands until 1884. In this capacity he was also chairman of the Løgting .

When the renovation of the old St. Olav's Church in Kirkjubøur began in 1874, Hannes Finsen worked together with VU Hammershaimb to save the valuable church stalls from the 15th century and bring them to the Danish National Museum , where they were found the following year arrived. It was only returned in 2002 and is considered the country's most valuable gem, which is exhibited in the Tórshavn History Museum . As part of the monuments in Kirkjubøur, it is now on the list of candidates for UNESCO World Heritage Sites .

In 1884 Hannes Finsen went to Ribe , where he was mayor until his death in 1892 .

literature

• Løgtingið 150 . Tórshavn: Løgting , 2002 (Festschrift. Volume 2, biographical part p. 278 - PDF download ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))

Web links

• Niels Ryberg Finsen - Danmarks første Nobelpristager (in Danish with many family photos , including from Hannes Finsen)

predecessor	Office	successor
Peter Holten	Bailiff of the Faroe Islands 1861–1871	Lorentz Højer Buchwaldt

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .