Sanna av Skarði explained

Sanna av Skarði (born Súsanna Kathrina Jacobsen,^[1] April 19, 1876 – February 12, 1978)^{[2] [3]} was a Faroese educator.

Sanna av Skarði was born in Tórshavn, the daughter of Jacob Jacobsen and Elsebeth Jacobsen née Djonesen.^[3] In 1901 she married Símun av Skarði,^[2] who co-founded the Faroese Folk High School (Faroese: Føroya Fólkaháskúli) together with Rasmus Rasmussen in Klaksvík in 1899.^[4] She taught together with her husband at the school. She died in Tórshavn at the age of 101.^[3]

Sanna and Símun were the parents of the journalist Sigrið av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975)^[1] and the linguist (1911–1999).

In 2000, she was featured on a Faroese stamp together with her sister-in-law Anna Suffía Rasmussen. Aside from Ruth Smith's self-portrait, this was the first Faroese postage stamp depicting prominent women.

Notes and References

1. http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1273/ Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon: Sigrid av Skarði Joensen (1908–1975).
2. http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Uddannelse_og_undervisning/H%C3%B8jskoleforstander/Simun_av_Skar%C3%B0i Den Store Danske: Simun av Skarði.
3. http://slaegt.gnurk.dk/torben/legacy/166.htm Bundgaard, Torben: Susanna Kathrine Jacobsen.
4. 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.