List of people on stamps of the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

issued their first stamps January 30, 1975. As the isles are an independent part of Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, Danish stamps were used on the isles previously.

From a philatelist point of view, there are earlier occasions in the postal history of the Faroe Islands, but the first stamps came in 1975.

List of People

Year	Name	Profession
1980	Jakob Jakobsen Jakob Jakobsen Dr. phil. Jakob Jakobsen, , was a Faroese linguist as well as a scholar of literature. He was the first Faroese person to earn a doctoral degree...	Linguist, son of Hans N. mentioned below
1980	V.U. Hammershaimb Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese derives from Old Norse.-Background:Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in...	Linguist
1983	Alexander Fleming Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...	British physician, Nobel laureate
1983	Niels Ryberg Finsen Niels Ryberg Finsen Niels Ryberg Finsen was a Faroese-Danish physician and scientist of Icelandic descent. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1903 "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has...	Physician, Nobel laureate
1984	Hans Andrias Djurhuus	Author
1984	Janus Djurhuus Janus Djurhuus Jens Hendrik Oliver Djurhuus, called Janus Djurhuus, was the first modern Faroese poet...	Author
1984	Jóannes Patursson Jóannes Patursson Jóannes Patursson was a Faroese nationalist leader and poet.He was the great-grandson of the Faroese national hero Nólsoyar Páll. His brother Sverre Patursson was an important writer and his sister Susanna Helena Patursson the first feminist of the Faroe Islands.-Background:Jóannes was born in...	Author and Independence campaigner, The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 is considered as the official start of the Faroese National Movement.On December 22, 1888 the only newspaper at that time in the Faroe Islands, Dimmalætting, carried the following notice:... , brother of Sverri
1984	Sverri Patursson	Author, brother of Jóannes Jóannes Patursson Jóannes Patursson was a Faroese nationalist leader and poet.He was the great-grandson of the Faroese national hero Nólsoyar Páll. His brother Sverre Patursson was an important writer and his sister Susanna Helena Patursson the first feminist of the Faroe Islands.-Background:Jóannes was born in...
1985	Ruth Smith Ruth Smith (artist) Ruth Smith Nielsen was a Faroese artist. She lived for some years in Denmark, where she was educated as a painter first on the Bizzie Højer Art School and later on the Art Academy of Copenhagen...	Painter (self portrait)
1988	C.L. Johannesen	Independence campaigner, The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 is considered as the official start of the Faroese National Movement.On December 22, 1888 the only newspaper at that time in the Faroe Islands, Dimmalætting, carried the following notice:...
1988	Christian Matras	Author
1988	Djóni i Geil	Independence campaigner, The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 is considered as the official start of the Faroese National Movement.On December 22, 1888 the only newspaper at that time in the Faroe Islands, Dimmalætting, carried the following notice:...
1988	Enok Bærentsen	Independence campaigner, The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 is considered as the official start of the Faroese National Movement.On December 22, 1888 the only newspaper at that time in the Faroe Islands, Dimmalætting, carried the following notice:...
1988	Hans Nicolai Jacobsen	Bookhandler og Independence campaigner, The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 is considered as the official start of the Faroese National Movement.On December 22, 1888 the only newspaper at that time in the Faroe Islands, Dimmalætting, carried the following notice:... , father to Jakob Jakob Jakobsen Dr. phil. Jakob Jakobsen, , was a Faroese linguist as well as a scholar of literature. He was the first Faroese person to earn a doctoral degree... , mentioned above
1988	Heðin Brú Heðin Brú Heðin Brú was the penname of Hans Jacob Jacobsen, a Faroese novelist and translator.Heðin Brú is considered to be the most important Faroese writer of his generation and is known for his fresh and ironic style...	Author
1988	Jens Olsen	Independence campaigner, The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 is considered as the official start of the Faroese National Movement.On December 22, 1888 the only newspaper at that time in the Faroe Islands, Dimmalætting, carried the following notice:...
1988	Just á Húsum	Independence campaigner, The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 is considered as the official start of the Faroese National Movement.On December 22, 1888 the only newspaper at that time in the Faroe Islands, Dimmalætting, carried the following notice:...
1988	Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen occupies a distinct place in Scandinavian literature. He is the only Faroese writer to achieve international best-seller status...	Author
1988	Rasmus Christoffer Effersøe	Independence campaigner, The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 is considered as the official start of the Faroese National Movement.On December 22, 1888 the only newspaper at that time in the Faroe Islands, Dimmalætting, carried the following notice:...
1988	Sámal F. Samuelsen	Independence campaigner, The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 is considered as the official start of the Faroese National Movement.On December 22, 1888 the only newspaper at that time in the Faroe Islands, Dimmalætting, carried the following notice:...
1988	Jóannes Patursson Jóannes Patursson Jóannes Patursson was a Faroese nationalist leader and poet.He was the great-grandson of the Faroese national hero Nólsoyar Páll. His brother Sverre Patursson was an important writer and his sister Susanna Helena Patursson the first feminist of the Faroe Islands.-Background:Jóannes was born in...	Independence campaigner, The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 The Christmas Meeting 1888 is considered as the official start of the Faroese National Movement.On December 22, 1888 the only newspaper at that time in the Faroe Islands, Dimmalætting, carried the following notice:... (for the second time)
1988	William Heinesen William Heinesen Andreas William Heinesen was a poet, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands.- His Writing :The Faroese capital Tórshavn is always the centre of Heinesen's writing. He is famous for having once called Tórshavn "The Navel of the World". His writing focuses on contrasts between darkness and...	Novelist, artist
1992	Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...	Italian explorer
1992	Leiv Eiriksson	Icelandic explorer
1994	Brendan Brendan Saint Brendan of Clonfert or Bréanainn of Clonfert called "the Navigator", "the Voyager", or "the Bold" is one of the early Irish monastic saints. He is chiefly renowned for his legendary quest to the "Isle of the Blessed," also called St. Brendan's Island. The Voyage of St...	Irish medieval saint and discoverer
1995	Frimod Joensen	Painter (selfportrait)
1995	Olaf II of Norway Olaf II of Norway Olaf II Haraldsson was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. He was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae and canonised in Nidaros by Bishop Grimkell, one year after his death in the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030. Enshrined in Nidaros Cathedral...	Norwegian king
1997	Anneke von der Lippe Anneke von der Lippe Anneke von der Lippe is a Norwegian actress.She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1988, and has since acted both at Det Norske Teatret and at Nationaltheatret , in roles such as "Nora" in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, "Masja" in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, and...	Norwegian actor from the movie Barbara
1997	Margrethe II of Denmark Margrethe II of Denmark Margrethe II is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1972 she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margaret I, ruler of the Scandinavian countries in 1375-1412 during the Kalmar Union.-Early life:...	Queen of Denmark
1998	Hans Hansen	Painter (Self-portrait)
2000	Anna Suffia Rasmussen	Folk high school Folk high school Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal... pioneer
2000	Rasmus Rasmussen Rasmus Rasmussen Rasmus Rasmussen was a Danish gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Danish team, which was able to win the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event in 1920....	Folk high school Folk high school Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal... pioneer and author married with Anna above
2000	Sanna av Skarði	Folk high school Folk high school Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal... pioneer
2000	Símun av Skarði Símun av Skarði Símun av Skarði was a Faroese poet, politician and teacher. He graduated from the Faroese Teacher's College in 1896...	Folk high school Folk high school Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal... pioneer and author, married to Sanna above
2000	Sigmundur Brestisson Sigmundur Brestisson Sigmundur Brestisson introduced Christianity to the Faroe Islands in 999. He is one of the main characters of the Færeyinga saga.According to the Færeyinga Saga, emigrants who left Norway to escape the tyranny of Harald I of Norway, settled in the islands about the beginning of the 9th century...	Introduced Christianity Christianity Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings... to according to Færeyinga Saga Færeyinga Saga The Færeyinga Saga , the Norse saga of Faroemen, is the story of how the Faroes were converted to Christianity and became a part of the Kingdom of Norway.-Summary:It was written in Iceland shortly after 1200...
2000	Tróndur í Gøtu Tróndur í Gøtu Tróndur í Gøtu was a viking from the Faroe Islands . He and Sigmundur Brestisson are the central figures in the Færeyinga Saga, which tells the early history of the Faroe Islands and the coming of Christianity to the islands, which Tróndur opposed.Chapter 3 of the Saga describes Tróndur as...	Person from Færeyinga Saga Færeyinga Saga The Færeyinga Saga , the Norse saga of Faroemen, is the story of how the Faroes were converted to Christianity and became a part of the Kingdom of Norway.-Summary:It was written in Iceland shortly after 1200...
2003	Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand, bishop of Zealand; born at Køge, Zealand, August 5, 1585; died at Copenhagen April 19, 1652.He studied at Herlufsholm, Copenhagen, Leyden, and Franeker; became rector of Herlufsholm academy...	Danish bishop and author of prayer book
2003	Thomas Kingo	Danish priest and poet
2004	Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, is the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark. Frederik is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, the Prince Consort.-Name and christening:...	Crown Prince of Denmark
2004	Grímur Kamban	first man on Faroe Islands according to Færeyinga Saga Færeyinga Saga The Færeyinga Saga , the Norse saga of Faroemen, is the story of how the Faroes were converted to Christianity and became a part of the Kingdom of Norway.-Summary:It was written in Iceland shortly after 1200...
2004	Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark...	Crown Princess of Denmark
2004	Nólsoyar Páll Nólsoyar Páll Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands...	National hero
2004	Tróndur í Gøtu Tróndur í Gøtu Tróndur í Gøtu was a viking from the Faroe Islands . He and Sigmundur Brestisson are the central figures in the Færeyinga Saga, which tells the early history of the Faroe Islands and the coming of Christianity to the islands, which Tróndur opposed.Chapter 3 of the Saga describes Tróndur as...	Person from Færeyinga Saga Færeyinga Saga The Færeyinga Saga , the Norse saga of Faroemen, is the story of how the Faroes were converted to Christianity and became a part of the Kingdom of Norway.-Summary:It was written in Iceland shortly after 1200... (2nd time)
2006	Olaf I of Norway Olaf I of Norway Olaf Tryggvason was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken , and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway.Olaf played an important part in the often forcible, on pain of torture or death, conversion of the...	Norwegian king; appearing in the ballad Ormen Lange Ormen Lange Ormen Lange is a natural gas field on the Norwegian continental shelf. It is situated northwest of Kristiansund, where seabed depths vary between . The field is named after the famous longship Ormen Lange of Olaf Tryggvason, a 10th century Viking king of Norway.-History:The field was discovered in...
2006	Einar Tambarskjelve	Norwegian Viking hero; appearing in the ballad Ormen Lange Ormen Lange Ormen Lange is a natural gas field on the Norwegian continental shelf. It is situated northwest of Kristiansund, where seabed depths vary between . The field is named after the famous longship Ormen Lange of Olaf Tryggvason, a 10th century Viking king of Norway.-History:The field was discovered in...
2007	Jákup Dahl Jákup Dahl Jákup Dahl was a Faroese Provost and Bible translator. In 1908 he became known as a linguist with the first Faroese grammar lessons for school students.- Life and work :...	Reverend and bible translator
2007	Kristian Osvald Viderø Kristian Osvald Viderø Kristian Osvald Viderø was a Faroese clergyman, poet and Bible translator. After theological studies in Denmark, he oversaw the completion of a translation of the Old Testament into the Faroese language, which Jákup Dahl had worked on until his death in 1944. He was the parish priest of Hattarvík...	Reverend and bible translator
2007	Victor Danielsen Victor Danielsen Victor Danielsen , was the first Faroese Bible translator and Plymouth Brethren missionary.Victor Danielsen played a pivotal role in the Plymouth Brethren's establishment in the Faroe Islands after it was introduced there by William Gibson Sloan in the late nineteenth century.- Biography :Victor...	Baptist pastor, and bible translator
2008	Niels C. Winther	lawyer, politician and editor
2008	Súsanna Helena Patursson	author, editor, feminist
2008	Rasmus C. Effersøe	Independence campaigner, editor, poet
2008	Jógvan Poulsen Jógvan Poulsen Jógvan Poulsen,Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands twice, from 1654 to 1655, and from 1662 to 1677.Jógvan Poulsen was Faroese, and married the daughter of former Prime Minister Jógvan Justinusson. Poulsen was raised on a farm in Oyri, before he became elected to leader of the Lagting...	teacher, author, politician
2008	Fríðrikur Petersen Fríðrikur Petersen Fríðrikur Petersen was a noted Faroese politician and clergyman of the Faroese People's Church , a form of Lutheranism.-See also:*Faroese People's Church...	reverend and author
2008	Andrias Christian Evensen	reverend and author
2010	Jens Christian Svabo Jens Christian Svabo Jens Christian Svabo was a pioneering Faroese linguist, scholar, and ethnographer. Svabo was born in Miðvágur, Vágar, the Faroe Islands to a minister and his wife. Svabo studied history, music, and theology in Miðvágur and later in Tórshavn. Between 1765 and 1800 he lived in Denmark and studied...	linguist
2011	Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement which helped women win the right to vote...	british suffragetist
2011	Clara Zetkin Clara Zetkin Clara Zetkin was a German Marxist theorist, activist, and fighter for women's rights. In 1910, she organized the first International Women's Day....	german suffragetist
2011	Emma Wiberg and Astrid av Rógvu	midwifes
2011	Elsebeth Fr. Malena Johansen, Oluffa Bærentsen, Petra Oluffa Jensina Fredrikka Hansen	nurses
2011	Annika í Dímun	17th century legendary character

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