Dúgvan Explained

Dúgvan (in Faroese pronounced as /ˈdɪgvan/, 'The Dove') was a Faroese monthly newspaper. It was published from January 1894 to 1928^[1] primarily in Danish (with some Faroese),^[2] with the subtitle afholdsblad for Færøerne 'temperance newsletter for the Faroe Islanders'. A new newspaper with the same name and purpose was also published from 1941 to 1942 in Faroese.^[3]

Editors

• P. Jensen, 1894–1899
• Rasmus Effersøe, 1899–1900
• Djóni í Geil, 1899–1907
• Hans Andrias Djurhuus, 1908–1910
• Rasmus Effersøe, 1910–1915
• Poul Niclasen, 1916–1925
• Símun av Skarði, 1927–1928

External links

• Digitized copies of Dúgvan at Tímarit.is

Notes and References

1. Trap, Jens Peter. 1968. Danmark. vol. 13: Færøerne. Copenhagen: G. E. C. Gad, p. 188.
2. Debes, Hans Jacob. 1982. Nú er tann stundin ...: tjóðskaparrørsla og sjálvstýrispolitikkur til 1906, við søguligum baksýni. Tórshavn: Føroya skúlabókagrunnur, p. 212.
3. http://www.gransking.fo/Default.aspx?pageid=2288&NewsItemID=18534 Granskarar úr øllum heiminum kunnu kanna føroysku bløðini