Óli Niklái Skaalum

Óli Niklái Skaalum
Born(1849-04-29)April 29, 1849
Hvalba, Faroe Islands
DiedJanuary 29, 1924(1924-01-29) (aged 74)
NationalityFaroese
Occupation(s)Teacher, politician
TitleMayor of Hvalba
Term1888–1915
Political partyUnion Party (Faroe Islands)

Óli Niklái Skaalum (April 29, 1849 – January 29, 1924) was a Faroese teacher and a politician for the Union Party.[1]

Skaalum was born in Hvalba. He received his teaching degree in 1872, after which he taught in Sandvík until 1909 and in Hvalba until 1920. He was a member of the Hvalba municipal council from 1875 to 1915 and served as mayor from 1888 to 1915.[2] Skaalum was one of the founders of the Union Party, and he served in the Faroese Parliament as the party's representative for Suðuroy from 1906 to 1916.[3]

Skaalum married Elsebeth Helena Niclasen, and they were the parents of the teacher and politician Jens Pauli Skaalum.[2]

References

  1. ^ Debes, Hans Jacob. 1982. Nú er tann stundin ...: tjóðskaparrørsla og sjálvstýrispolitikkur til 1906, við søguligum baksýni. Tórshavn: Føroya skúlabókagrunnur, p. 306.
  2. ^ a b Dahl, Árni. 2002. Ævisøgur. Løgtingið 150 – Hátíðarrit, vol. 2. Tórshavn: Løgtingið, pp. 349–350.
  3. ^ Sambandsflokkurin: Umboðan á tingi.