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Jakob Jakobsen

Jakob (properly Jákup) Jakobsen, (* 22 February 1864 in Tórshavn, Faroe; † 15 August 1918 in Copenhagen), was a Faroese linguist as well as a scholar of literature.


Shetland Folk Society

The Shetland Folk Society has been responsible for many key initiatives and publications, including regular volumes of The Shetland Folk Book (see below), Da Sangs At A'll Sing ta dee: a book of Shetland songs (Robertson & Robertson, 1973), Da Mirrie Dancers: A Book of Shetland Fiddle Tunes (Tom Anderson & Tom Georgeson, 1970}, the 1985 reprint of Jakob Jakobsen's dictionary and Bertie Deyell's collection of Shetland Proverbs and Sayings (1993).


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