Jørgen Landt
Encyclopedia
Jørgen Landt was a Danish priest, botanist and author, who published descriptions of the people and geography of the Faroe Islands
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Landt was born in the town of Vissenbjerg
, on the island of Fünen
, Denmark. He died 26. June 1804 in Olsker on Bornholm
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Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
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Landt was born in the town of Vissenbjerg
Vissenbjerg
Vissenbjerg is a town in central Denmark with a population of 3,130 , located in Assens municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the island of Funen. The most famous resident is a former international football player Lars Elstrup....
, on the island of Fünen
Funen
Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...
, Denmark. He died 26. June 1804 in Olsker on Bornholm
Bornholm
Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is...
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Works
- Om tvende færøske Bløddyr. In: Naturhistorie-Selskabets Skrifter, IV. 1. Heft. 1797, S. 38-43
- Forsøg til en Beskrivelse over Færøerne. Kopenhagen 1800.
- Nachdruck: Einars Prent og Forlag, Tórshavn 1965
- A description of the Faroe Islands, containing an account of their situation, climate, and productions, together with the manners and customs of the inhabitants, their trade etc. 1810. (as George Landt)