Open AccessDen grundtvigske arv på Færøerne
Author(s) -
Peter Rasmussen
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
grundtvig studier
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2246-6282
pISSN - 0107-4164
DOI - 10.7146/grs.v41i1.16027
Subject(s) - danish , parliament , independence (probability theory) , first language , history , linguistics , political science , law , politics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics
The Heritage from Grundtvig on the Faroe IslandsBy Peter M. RasmussenIn the Middle Ages Faroese is a cultural language on a level with the other Nordic languages, but is pushed back in favour of Danish from around 1400. In 1899 a national movement arose, whose primary purpose was to restore the position of the mother tongue as a cultural language.In 1845 N.F.S. Grundtvig wrote a poem about the fate of the Faroese language being suppressed by Danish, and in the Danish Parliament he spoke about Faroese independence. It was Grundtvig and his son Sven who were the first to voice the idea that Faroese was to regain its position as school and church language.N.F.S. Grundtvig became of importance to the national movement through the creator of the Faroese written language, V.U. Hammershaimb, and through his son, Sven Grundtvig, and furthermore through Grundtvigian high schools in Denmark and the Faroe Islands.