Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (March 25, 1819 - April 4, 1909 ) was a Danish Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands. The standard written form for the Faroese language, based on the Icelandic language, was established in 1846. Both languages were derived from Old Norse. Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vagar in the Faroe Islands. He was a Lutheran parish priest in Kvívík and a rural dean in Nes, on the Faroese island of Eysturoy, before he settled in Denmark in 1878. In addition to his contributions to the written standard of Faroese, he was also a known folklorist. During the years 1847-8, and again in 1853, he visited the Faroes expressly to study the dialects, and to collect the native ballads and folklore, which he published under the title of Færöiske.