Sjúrður and the Faeroese Seyðabrævið

Cover of 'Baladas épicas feroesas'
by William Heinesen (1900-91),
the motif is from the 'Ballads of Sjúrður'
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Sjúrður was, around the year 1300, head of Shetland
and was also official head of state of the Faeroe Islands.
Sjúrður was, together with Bishop Erlendur author of
the Faeroese Seyðabrævið in 1298 - a document
with land use rules for the Faeroe Islands, and
the Faeroes' oldest document.



Page one in the Faeroese Seyðabrævið
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