Tú alfagra land mítt
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"Tú alfagra land mítt", officially "Mítt alfagra land", is the national anthem of the Faroe Islands. It was written in 1906 by headteacher Símun av Skarði, and the melody was composed in 1907 by violi
Original manuscript of 1906
Second page of the original manuscript
Símun av Skarði
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Símun av Skarði was a Faroese poet, politician, and teacher.
Tú alfagra land mítt
…land of mine"), officially "Mítt alfagra land" ("My fairest land"), is the national anthem of the Faroe Islands. It was written in 1906 by headteacher Símun av Skarði, and the melody was composed in 1907 by violinist Petur Alberg. The song was written in a work dated 1 February 1906 by Símun av Skarði, the headmaster…
Símun av Skarði (right) together with his friend and school co-founder Rasmus Rasmussen on a stamp of 2002