Napoleon Nolsøe
Napoleon Nolsøe (born August 26, 1809 in Tórshavn , Faroe Islands , † February 28, 1877 ibid) was a Faroese doctor. His collection of Faroese ballads gained importance .
Napoleon was born in 1809 to Jacob Nolsøe and Anne Cathrine Pedersdatter. The national hero Nólsoyar Páll was his uncle.
In 1841 he completed his training as a doctor (cand. Med.) And was the island doctor of Suðuroy , 1858-1865 then medical officer of the Faroe Islands.
In the years 1840 to 1851 he compiled a huge number of the ballads that had previously only been passed down orally, which contributed significantly to the survival of the Faroese language . The manuscript of his three-volume work formed a cornerstone of the 16-volume Corpus carminum Færoensium by Svend Grundtvig and Jørgen Bloch .
Among the most famous ballads collected by Napoleon Nolsøes are the Sigur songs . The song Regin Smiður from this cycle is still one of the most popular ballads and was reinterpreted in 2003 by the heavy metal group Týr .
From 1852 to 1854 and from 1865 to 1869 Nolsøe was Løgtings MP .
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- Kvæðabók í trimum bindum , 1840–1851 (ballad book in three volumes, manuscript)
Web links
- Tjatsi.fo - Regin smiður (version Bb). N. Nolsøe 1840 (123 verses, Faroese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nolsøe, Napoleon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Faroese doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tórshavn , Faroe Islands |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1877 |
| Place of death | Tórshavn , Faroe Islands |