Færøerne 1911 – set af den danske fotograf Anders Peter Hansen

New enlarged edition of book with unique photographs from the Faroe Islands 1911.

Steffen Stummann Hansen:
Færøerne 1911 – set af den danske fotograf Anders Peter Hansen.
Forlagið Søga Føroya/
History Press Faroe Islands 2020.

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Kvindelige Pionerer. Et Bidrag til Fotografiens tidlige Historie på Færøerne

New book on the early female photographers in the Faroe Islands.

Steffen Stummann Hansen:
Kvindelige Pionerer. Et Bidrag til Fotografiens tidlige Historie på Færøerne..
Forlagið Søga Føroya/
History Press Faroe Islands 2018.

The women portrayed in this book were pioneers in the early history of photography in the Faroe Islands. They were women with initiative and with a longing to go abroad, which in several cases brought them to Folk High Schools in Denmark. They were women who tried to make a career by expressing themselves creatively and aesthetically through photography. Their choices and contributions also made them pioneers in making women visible in Faroese society. The pictures they took are are kept in homes all over the islands, and represent a material evidence of their contribution.

The women portrayed in the book are Else Birgitte Debess/Pommerencke/Petersen, Else Marie Danielsen, Sophie Elisabeth Hansen, Thurid Jakobsen, Elisabeth Cathrine Müller, Lisa Margretha Helena Gjerdum, Helene Margrethe Hjelm/Dahl, Jørgine Christine Houmann, Johanne Madsen, Angelika Susanne Reinert, Nicoline Pouline Mohr, and Rosa Johannesen.

  • Format 29 x 21 cm
  • 154 pages, 112 ill.
  • Price: 350,00 DKK. (+ postage)
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Færøerne 1911 – set af den danske fotograf Anders Peter Hansen

Eitt feigdartíggjuár í Leirvíkar Søgu 1874-1883New book with unique photographs from the Faroe Islands 1911.

Steffen Stummann Hansen:
Færøerne 1911 – set af den danske fotograf Anders Peter Hansen.
Forlagið Søga Føroya/
History Press Faroe Islands 2013.

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New publication: A Danish-Faroese visit to Shetland in 1899

“Steffen Stummann Hansen tells how a survey of Shetland’s agriculture impressed our island neighbours in the 19th century in In the footsteps of Governor Pløyen: a Danish-Faroese visit to Shetland in 1899″ (Shetland Times 17th March 2012).

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New publication on early church sites in the Faroe Islands

Steffen Stummann Hansen:
Early Church Sites in the Faroe Islands. A Survey & a Discussion
Acta Archaeologica Vol. 82 (Archaeology. North Atlantic to the Baltic on to the Mediterranean. December 2011), 53-78
Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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The paper presents a survey of the early church sites and against this background discusses the early church topography and religious landscape of the Faroe Islands, its wider North Atlantic context, and beyond.

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Eitt feigdaráratíggju í Leirvíkar søgu 1874-1883

Eitt feigdartíggjuár í Leirvíkar Søgu 1874-1883New publication on Leirvík’s history

Steffen Stummann Hansen:
Eitt feigdaráratíggju í Leirvíkar søgu 1874-1883
Forlagið Søga Føroya/
History Press Faroe Islands 2011

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The book analyses the five tragic accidents, which hit the community in Leirvík on Eysturoy during the decade 1874-1883, and describes the physical and social environment in which they took place.

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Fólk í Leirvík í 1901

Fólk í Leirvík í 1901, Steffen Stummann Hansen og Kristian Martin Eliasen, History Press Faroe Islands

Fólk í Leirvík í 1901 – í myndum og teksti

Steffen Stummann Hansen & Kristian Martin Eliasen

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Forlagið Søga Føroya /History Press Faroe Islands published in December 2010 the book Fólk í Leirvík í 1901 – í myndum og teksti.

The authors have spent years collecting old photographs (from before 1925) of the 309 residents who lived in the village of Leirvík on Eysturoy by the census in 1901. This has resulted in a unique visual cross section of the village’s history.

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