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Nólsoyar Páll

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Faroese national hero: sailor, boat-building innovator, free-trade advocate, poet

WritersLived 1766 to 1809 · aged 43
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Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands. He went missing in the winter of 1808-1809 sailing home from England.

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