Simon Michael Zachariasen (3 January 1853 – 16 December 1931), also known as Símun Mikkjal Zachariasen, was a Faroese teacher and social activist.
Zachariasen was born at Kirkja on the island of Fugloy.[1] He was a driving force in the development of written Faroese, and he wrote patriotic poetry and hymns.[2] He became familiar with Hammershaimb's grammar of the language, wrote many articles in the newspaper Føringatíðindi from 1890 onward, and participated in discussions about language and education in the newspapers.[3] [4]
Zachariasen married Malena Frederikka Simonsen from Hattarvík, and their sons were Símun Petur Zachariasen and Louis Zachariasen.[5] Zachariasen initially worked as a seaman, but after a leg injury he studied at and graduated from the Faroese Teachers School in 1878.[1] Zachariasen taught on Fugloy and Svínoy from 1878 to 1903, and taught at Kirkja on Fugloy from 1903 to 1926.