Kristian Osvald Viderø

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Kristian Osvald Viderø (born 1906 in Skálavík, died 1991 in Copenhagen) 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 from 1965 to 1969. In 1985 he won the Faroese Literature Prize for his works.

[edit] Bibliography

• Ferð mín til Jorsala. Tórshavn: E. Thomsen, 1984.

• Á Suðurlandið. Tórshavn: E. Thomsen, 1990.

• Ferð mín til Jorsala á himni. Tórshavn:: E. Thomsen, 1990.

• Á annað Suðurlandið: ferð mín til Jorsala oman av himni. Tórshavn: E. Thomsen, 1990.

• Frá landi á fyrsta sinni. Tórshavn: E. Thomsen, 1991.

• Saga Skálavíkar, Húsavíkar, Skarvanesar, Dals, Skúoyar, Dímunar, Sands, Skopunar, Hestoyar, Kolturs Tórshavn: E. Thomsen, 1991.

• Saga Suðuroyar. Tórshavn: Bókagarður, 1994.

• Saga Vágoyar og Mykiness. Tórshavn: Bókagarður, 1994.

• Saga Eysturoyar. Tórshavn: Bókagarður, 1994.

• Ferð mín til Damaskusar. Tórshavn: Bókagarður, 1997.

[edit] See also

• List of Faroese people

[edit] External links

• The Bible in Faroese as translated by Dahl and Viderø