161 A Visit to the Faroe Islands in 1942 by Gabriel Turville-Petre Ein vitjan í Føroyum í 1942 hjá Gabriel Turville-Petre orlac Turville-Petre School of English, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Email:
[email protected] Abstract Úrtak In his journal Gabriel Turville-Petre gives an Í dagbók síni greiðir Gabriel Turville-Petre frá account of his travels through the Faroe Islands sín um ferðum í Føroyum í 1942. Foreign Of - in 1942. Despatched by the Foreign Office to fice hevði sent hann avstað fyri at kanna sjón - investigate the views of the people during the armið hjá fólkinum undir bretsku hersetingini; British occupation, he met politicians such as hann hitti politikarar, m.a. Christmas Møller, Christmas Møller, Carl Aage Hilbert, Peter Carl Aage Hilbert, Petur Mohr Dam og Krist - Mohr Dam and Kristian Djurhuus, writers such ian Djurhuus, høvundar, m.a, Jóannes Paturs - as Jóannes Patursson, Símun av Skarði and son, Símun av Skarði og Janus Djurhuus eins Janus Djurhuus, as well as farmers and busi - og bóndir, handilsmenn, sjófólk og skúla lær - nessmen, boatmen and schoolteachers. He arar. Hann setur fram síni sjónarmið, ikki altíð gives his views, not always complimentary, on rós andi, um teirra persónsmenskur og mein ing - their characters and opinions. He describes the ar. Hann lýsir málið og bókmentirnar, landslag - language and literature, the scenery and (less ið og (minni eldhugaður) veðrið eins og matin, enthusiastically) the weather, as well as the sum hann fekk, m.a. skerpikjøt, og siðaarvin, food he was given, such as skerpikjøt, and tra - m.a.