Nólsoyar Páll

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Nólsoyar Páll
Born 11 October 1766
Nólsoy
Died January 1, 1809 (aged 42)
Sumba
"The Return of Nólsoyar Páll", a Faroese stamp
"The Return of Nólsoyar Páll", a Faroese stamp

Nólsoyar Páll (originally, Poul Poulsen Nolsøe) (11 October 1766 in Nólsoy - 1809 in Sumba) is a Faroese national hero.

Páll was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer, and boat builder. In Vágur in 1804 he built, as well as the schooner Royndin Fríða, the first ship capable of crossing the Atlantic Ocean since the Middle Ages. In 1809, with this ship he would travel to Britain and stock up on food supplies so as to ward off a famine in the islands.

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