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Erlendur Patursson

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Erlendur Patursson (20. august 1913 - 16. June 1986) was a Faroese politician and writer.

Erlendur was borne in 1913 in Kirkjubøur. He was the son of the politician Jóannes Paturson.

He became cand.pol. In 1940 and was one the founders of Tjóðveldisflokkurin in english the Republican Party. The republicans are a left-wing Faroese political party in favor of national independence from Denmark. He was a member of the Faroese parliament - the løgting from 1958-1966 and again in 1970-1986. In 1963-1967 he was minister of fishery and finance, and from 1973-1977 a member of the Danish parliament – folketinget.

Patursson came with the idea for the Nordic House of the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic council he agitated for independency for Greenland.

As a writer Patursson has been awarded for his work concerning Faroese fishermen from 1850-1970. In 1981 he received Mentanarvirðisløn M. A. Jacobsens the Faroese literary award for these writings.


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