The Faroese Teachers School () is a college in

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), usually locally referred to as simply Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of th ...

in the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

, which became part of the

University of the Faroe Islands The University of the Faroe Islands () is a state-run university located in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. It consists of five faculties: Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature, Faculty of Social Sciences and History, Faculty of ...

on 1 August 2008. Since 2008 it has offered

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s in general and specialized education; before 2008, education students did not receive a BA. The school's four-year program in general education qualifies graduates for teaching positions in

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...

s and

preschool A preschool (sometimes spelled as pre school or pre-school), also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, play school, is an school, educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they ...

s in the Faroe Islands and

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. The Faroese Teachers School was founded as the Faroese Normal School in 1870,Debes, Hans Jacob. 1993. ''Politiska søga Føroya, 1814–1906''. Tórshavn: Føroya Skúlabókagrunnar, p. 153. when many teachers were needed in primary schools after the introduction of compulsory education in 1846. Gregers Joensen and

Óli Niklái Skaalum Óli Niklái Skaalum (April 29, 1849 – January 29, 1924) was a Faroese teacher and a politician for the Union Party. Skaalum was born in Hvalba. He received his teaching degree in 1872, after which he taught in Sandvík until 1909 and in H ...

were members of the first graduating classes, and later many prominent persons attended the school. There has been no other teacher training program in the Faroe Islands since the establishment of the Faroese Teachers School. Today the school is part of the

and is also affiliated with the Faroese Research Council ().

Alumni

* Gregers Joensen (1871) *

(1872) * Jógvan Poulsen (1876) * Símun Mikkjal Zachariasen (1878) *

Jákup Dahl Jákup Dahl (English and German ''Jacob Dahl'') (5 June 1878 – 5 June 1944) was a Faroese Provost and Bible translator. In 1908 he became known as a linguist with the first Faroese grammar lessons for school students. Life and work Dahl ...

(1896) * Símun Petur Zachariasen (1908) *

Louis Zachariasen Louis Christian Oliver Zachariasen known as Louis Zachariasen (21 January 1890 in Kirkja, Fugloy – 30 August 1960) was a Faroese writer and politician for the New Self-Government party. He was the first deputy prime minister of the Faroe Is ...

(1911) * Johan H. Danbjørg (1917) * Johan Kallsoy (1917) * Peter Mohr Dam (1920) * Marius Johannesen (1926) *

Óli Dahl Óli is a Faroese and Icelandic masculine given name. It is a diminutive of the name Ólafur and Ólavur. People bearing the name Óli include: * Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson (born 1935), Icelandic politician * Óli Jógvansson (born 1969), Fa ...

(1938) * Rólant Lenvig (1950) * Villi Sørensen (1954) * Øssur Dam Jacobsen (1964) * Øssur av Steinum (1964) * Signar Hansen (1969) *

Jóannes Eidesgaard Jóannes Dan Eidesgaard (born 19 April 1951) is a former Faroese politician. He was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands from 2004, starting shortly after the general election of 20 January 2004, until 26 September 2008, when a new coalition to ...

(1977) *

Jógvan á Lakjuni Jógvan á Lakjuni (born 13 November 1952) is a Faroese politician, composer and teacher. He was speaker of the Faroese parliament, the Løgting, from 2011 to 2015 and from 2019 to 2022. He was born in Fuglafjørður. He worked as a fisherman fro ...

(1977) * Bjarni Djurholm (1982) * Annita á Fríðriksmørk (1992) *

Bjørn Kalsø Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or ...

(1999) * Jóanis Nielsen (1999)

References

External links

Faroese Teachers School at the Faroese Research Council
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