Anna Suffía Rasmussen Explained

Anna Suffía Rasmussen (née av Skarði, 1876–1932) was a Faroese educator.

Anna Suffía Rasmussen was born in Skarð as Anna Suffía (or Onna Sofía) Johannesen.^[1] She married Rasmus Rasmussen in 1904.^[1] She was the sister of Símun av Skarði, who co-founded the Faroese Folk High School (Faroese: Føroya Fólkaháskúli) together with her husband in Klaksvík in 1899.^{[2] [3]} After the school was established, she served as its superintendent.

In 2000, she was featured on a Faroese stamp together with her sister-in-law Sanna av Skarði.

Notes and References

1. http://www.haskulin.fo/#!blank/o2uwq Føroya Fólkaháskúli: R. Rasmussen og kona.
2. Pons, Christophe. 2011. The Anthropology of Christianity in the Faroe Islands. In: Firouz Gaini (ed.), Among the Islanders of the North: An Anthropology of the Faroe Islands, pp. 80–131. Tórshavn: Fróðskapur / Faroe University Press, p. 91.
3. http://www.les.fo/Sk%C3%BAlar/F%C3%B8roya-F%C3%B3lkah%C3%A1sk%C3%BAli Føroya Fólkaháskúli: Alment un skúlan.