Sanna av Skarði

Sanna av Skarði (born Súsanna Kathrina Jacobsen,[1] April 19, 1876 – February 12, 1978)[2][3] was a Faroese educator.

Sanna av Skarði (left) depicted with Anna Suffía Rasmussen on a Faroese postage stamp

Sanna av Skarði was born in Tórshavn, the daughter of Jacob Jacobsen and Elsebeth Jacobsen née Djonesen.[3] In 1901 she married Símun av Skarði,[2] who co-founded the Faroese Folk High School (Faroese: Føroya Fólkaháskúli) together with Rasmus Rasmussen in Klaksvík in 1899.[4] She taught together with her husband at the school. She died in Tórshavn at the age of 101.[3]

Sanna and Símun were the parents of the journalist Sigrið av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975)[1] and the linguist Jóhannes av Skarði (1911–1999).

In 2000, she was featured on a Faroese stamp together with her sister-in-law Anna Suffía Rasmussen. Aside from Ruth Smith's self-portrait, this was the first Faroese postage stamp depicting prominent women.

References
  1. Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon: Sigrid av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975).
  2. Den Store Danske: Simun av Skarði.
  3. Bundgaard, Torben: Susanna Kathrine Jacobsen.
  4. Pons, Christophe. 2011. "The Anthropology of Christianity in the Faroe Islands". In: Firouz Gaini (ed.), Among the Islanders of the North: An Anthropology of the Faroe Islands, pp. 80–131. Tórshavn: Fróðskapur / Faroe University Press, p. 91.
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