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List of novels for adults, which were written in Faroese. The written form of the Faroese language is rather recent. The spelling rules, as devised by V.U. Hammershaimb, have been in use since the mid 19th century, but no novels were written in Faroese until the early 20th century. The first novel in Faroese was by Regin í Líð, published in 1909. The well-known Faroese writers William Heinesen and
Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen  (November 29, 1900 – March 24, 1938) was a Faroese writer. He has a distinct place in Scandinavian literature, as he is the only Faroese writer to achieve international best-seller status. This status derives ...
wrote their novels in Danish, and therefore their novels are not on this list. They are considered, however, to be an important part of the
Faroese literature Faroese literature, in the traditional sense of the word, has only really developed in the past two hundred years. This is mainly because of the islands' isolation, and also because the Faroese language was not written down in a standardised form ...
, leaving linguistic considerations aside. Below is a list of Faroese novels which were written in Faroese and were published over a period of 100 years from 1909 to 2012. ''("" is the Faroese word for novel.)'' * 1909 - / Regin í Líð. -
Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), 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 the city lies the ...
: – 262 pages * 1927 - / Victor Danielsen. - Tórshavn : V. Danielsen – 62 pages * 1927 - / H. A. Djurhuus. - Tórshavn : .n.– 157 pages * 1930 - /
Heðin Brú Heðin Brú (pronounced ; August 17, 1901, Skálavík – May 18, 1987, Tórshavn) was the pen-name of Hans Jacob Jacobsen, a Faroese novelist and translator. Heðin Brú is considered to be the most important Faroese writer of his generat ...
. - Tórshavn : – 151 pages * 1935 - / Heðin Brú. - Tórshavn : – 205 pages * 1940 - /
Heðin Brú Heðin Brú (pronounced ; August 17, 1901, Skálavík – May 18, 1987, Tórshavn) was the pen-name of Hans Jacob Jacobsen, a Faroese novelist and translator. Heðin Brú is considered to be the most important Faroese writer of his generat ...
. - Tórshavn : – 159 pages * 1946 - / Martin Joensen. - Tórshavn : – 322 pages * 1947 - / Victor Danielsen. - Tórshavn : – 102 pages * 1952 - / H.M. Eidesgaard. - Tórshavn : – 152 pages * 1952 - / Martin Joensen. - Tórshavn : – 344 pages * 1958 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : J.P. Heinesen – 210 pages * 1962 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : J.P. Heinesen, 1962–1966, 3 volumes – 409 pages * 1963 - /
Heðin Brú Heðin Brú (pronounced ; August 17, 1901, Skálavík – May 18, 1987, Tórshavn) was the pen-name of Hans Jacob Jacobsen, a Faroese novelist and translator. Heðin Brú is considered to be the most important Faroese writer of his generat ...
. - Tórshavn : H. Brú – 195 pages * 1968 - / Hans J. Ellingsgaard. - Tórshavn : – 85 pages * 1970 - /
Heðin Brú Heðin Brú (pronounced ; August 17, 1901, Skálavík – May 18, 1987, Tórshavn) was the pen-name of Hans Jacob Jacobsen, a Faroese novelist and translator. Heðin Brú is considered to be the most important Faroese writer of his generat ...
. - Tórshavn : – 321 pages * 1971 - / Dagmar Joensen-Næs. - Tórshavn : D. Joensen-Næs – 114 pages * 1972 - /
Heðin Brú Heðin Brú (pronounced ; August 17, 1901, Skálavík – May 18, 1987, Tórshavn) was the pen-name of Hans Jacob Jacobsen, a Faroese novelist and translator. Heðin Brú is considered to be the most important Faroese writer of his generat ...
. - Tórshavn : Emil Thomsen – 251 pages * 1973 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : J.P. Heinesen – 466 pages * 1977 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : – 117 pages * 1977 - / Magnus Dam Jacobsen. - Bagsværd : M.D. Jacobsen – 164 pages * 1978 - /
Valdemar Poulsen Valdemar Poulsen (23 November 1869 – 23 July 1942) was a Danish engineer who made significant contributions to early radio technology. He developed a magnetic wire recorder called the telegraphone in 1898 and the first continuous wave rad ...
. - Tórshavn : Bókagarður, Emil Thomsen – 269 pages * 1978 - /
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 ...
. - Tórshavn : Bókagarður, Emil Thomsen – 169 pages * 1979 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : – 133 pages * 1979 - / Carl Johan Jensen. - Tórshavn : C.J. Jensen – 59 pages * 1980 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : – 162 pages * 1981 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : – 126 pages * 1982 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : – 167 pages * 1982 - / Oddvør Johansen. - Tórshavn : – 175 pages * 1983 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : – 192 pages * 1984 - / Marianna Debes Dahl. - Tórshavn : – 160 pages * 1984 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : – 131 pages * 1984 - / Steinbjørn B. Jacobsen. - Tórshavn : S. Jacobsen – 134 pages * 1986 - / Marianna Debes Dahl. - Tórshavn : Fannir – 130 pages * 1987 - / Høgni av Heiði. - Copenhagen : – 136 pages * 1987 - / Einar Petersen. - Sørvágur : Scorpio – 93 pages * 1988 - / Marianna Debes Dahl. - Tórshavn : – 196 pages * 1988 - / Óli Dahl. - Tórshavn : – 119 pages * 1988 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : – 167 pages * 1988 - / Magnus Dam Jacobsen. - Tórshavn : – 141 pages * 1990 - / D. P. Danielsen. - Tórshavn : – 246 pages * 1990 - / Bergtóra Hanusardóttir. - Copenhagen : – 147 pages * 1990 - / Jógvan Isaksen. - Copenhagen : – 263 pages * 1990 - / Martin Næs. - Tórshavn : – 106 pages * 1990 - / Kristian Osvald Viderø. - Tórshavn : Bókagarður, Emil Thomsen – 252 pages * 1991 - / Gunnar Hoydal. - Kollafjørður : – 265 pages * 1991 - / Steinbjørn B. Jacobsen. - Tórshavn : S. Jacobsen – 116 pages * 1991 - /
Jóanes Nielsen Jóanes Nielsen (born April 5, 1953 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese author and poet of the 1980s generation. Nielsen has written short stories, plays and novels. He has published seven collections of poetry, and was nominated for the Nordic Council's L ...
. - Copenhagen : – 126 pages * 1992 - / Marianna Debes Dahl. - Tórshavn : – 150 pages * 1992 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Tórshavn : – 246 pages * 1993 - / Oddvør Johansen. - Copenhagen : – 170 pages * 1994 - / Høgni av Heiði. - Copenhagen : – 127 pages * 1994 - / Tóroddur Poulsen. - Tórshavn : – 132 pages * 1994 - / Jógvan Isaksen. - Copenhagen : – 243 pages * 1995 - / Ólavur í Beiti. - Sørvágur : – 247 pages * 1995 - / Carl Jóhan Jensen. - Copenhagen : – 283 pages * 1995 - / Ólavur í Beiti. - Sørvágur : – 208 pages * 1996 - / Jógvan Isaksen. - Nivå : – 86 pages - * 1996 - / Mina Reinert. - Copenhagen : – 223 pages * 1997 - / Tóroddur Poulsen. - Tórshavn : – 144 pages, * 1997 - / Sonni Jacobsen. - Sørvágur : – 185 pages, * 1997 - /
Jóanes Nielsen Jóanes Nielsen (born April 5, 1953 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese author and poet of the 1980s generation. Nielsen has written short stories, plays and novels. He has published seven collections of poetry, and was nominated for the Nordic Council's L ...
. - Copenhagen : – 176 pages, * 1998 - / Sonni Jacobsen. - Sørvágur : – 245 pages, * 1998 - / Oddvør Johansen. - Copenhagen : – 224 pages, * 1999 - / Oluf Djurhuus. - Innan Glyvur : O. Djurhuus – 122 pages, * 1999 - / Bergtóra Hanusardóttir. - Copenhagen : – 184 pages, * 1999 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Copenhagen : – 297 pages, * 1999 - / Gunnar Hoydal. - Tórshavn : – 309 pages * 1999 - / Sonni Jacobsen. - Sørvágur : – 191 pages, * 1999 - / Oluf Djurhuus. - Innan Glyvur : O. Djurhuus – 155 pages, * 2000 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Copenhagen : – 120 pages, * 2000 - / Annfinnur í Skála. - Tórshavn : – 264 pages, Series: Heimurin forni 1, * 2000 - / Annfinnur í Skála. - Tórshavn : – 267 pages. Series: , * 2001 - / Oddvør Johansen. - Copenhagen : – 116 pages, * 2001 - / Oluf Djurhuus. - Innan Glyvur : O. Djurhuus – 137 pages, * 2002 - / Andras Miðskarð. - Klaksvík : A. Miðskarð – 215 pages, * 2003 - / Sonni Jacobsen. - Sørvágur : – 188 pages, * 2004 - / Absalon Absalonsen. - Tórshavn : – 229 pages, *2004 - / Jens Pauli Heinesen. - Copenhagen : – 178 pages, (print errors in book: 99918-46-52-3) * 2004 - / Oddvør Johansen. - Copenhagen : – 128 pages, * 2004 - / Jóannes Kjølbro. - .l.: J. Kjølbro – 175 pages, * 2004 - / Kári Petersen. - Tórshavn : K. Petersen – 198 pages, * 2005 - / Absalon Absalonsen ; perma og myndir: Absalon Absalonsen. - Tórshavn : Løkur lítli – 244 pages, * 2005 - / Elias Askham. - Copenhagen : – 356 pages, * 2005 - / Vida Akselsdóttir Højgaard. - Copenhagen : – 180 pages, * 2005 - / Jógvan Isaksen. - Copenhagen : – 289 pages, * 2005 - / Carl Jóhan Jensen. - Vestmanna : Sprotin – 786 pages, * 2005 - / Dagny Joensen. - Copenhagen : – 174 pages * 2005 - /
Jóanes Nielsen Jóanes Nielsen (born April 5, 1953 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese author and poet of the 1980s generation. Nielsen has written short stories, plays and novels. He has published seven collections of poetry, and was nominated for the Nordic Council's L ...
. - Copenhagen : – 276 pages, * 2006 - / Bergtóra Hanusardóttir. -
Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
: – 418 pages, * 2006 - / Gunnar Hoydal. -
Vestmanna Vestmanna is a town in the Faroe Islands on the west of the island of Streymoy. It was formerly a ferry port, until an undersea tunnel, the Vágatunnilin, was built from Vágar to Kvívík and Stykkið further south on Streymoy. The cliffs w ...
: Sprotin – 517 pages, * 2007 - / Jógvan Isaksen. - Copenhagen : – 253 pages, * 2007 - / Sólrún Michelsen. - Copenhagen : – 118 pages, * 2008 - / Tóroddur Poulsen. - Copenhagen : – 185 pages, * 2008 - / Jógvan Isaksen. - Copenhagen : – 316 pages, * 2009 - / Jógvan Isaksen. - Copenhagen : – 290 pages * 2010 - / David Johannesen. - Miðvágur : Vón - 135 pages * 2010 - / Jógvan Isaksen. - Copenhagen : – 268 pages, * 2011 - / Jógvan Isaksen. - Copenhagen : – 372 pages, * 2011 - /
Jóanes Nielsen Jóanes Nielsen (born April 5, 1953 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese author and poet of the 1980s generation. Nielsen has written short stories, plays and novels. He has published seven collections of poetry, and was nominated for the Nordic Council's L ...
. - Copenhagen : – 364 pages, * 2011 - / Hanus Samró. - Tórshavn : H. Samró – 172 pages, * 2011 - / Annfinnur í Skála. - Vestmanna : Sprotin – 310 pages, * 2012 - / Jógvan Isaksen. - Copenhagen : Amaldus [i.e. – 287 pages, * 2012 - / Annfinnur í Skála. - Vestmanna : – 553 pages, * 2013 - / Sólrún Michelsen. - Copenhagen : – 144 pages,


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