Tróndur Patursson
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Tróndur Patursson is a Faroese painter, sculptor, glass artist and explorer. He was educated in Norway and was initially a sculptor. He has since become better known as a painter and glass artist.
Tróndur Patursson
Glass art by Tróndur Patursson on a Faroese stamp
Kirkjubøargarður
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Kirkjubøargarður is one of the oldest still inhabited wooden houses in the world, if not the oldest. The farm itself has always been the largest in the Faroe Islands.
Kirkjubøargarður with Hestur and Sandoy in the background.
On the left: Kirkjubøargarður; on the right the ruin of Magnus Cathedral
The entrance of Roykstovan was destroyed in 1833. This true to original copy was timbered and carved by the King's Farmer Jóannes Patursson in 1907. On the top is the Norwegian Lion, indicating that the Faroes were a Norwegian colony after the Viking age.
Jóannes Patursson (1866–1946), Faroese politician, poet and farmer