Jacob Olsen was born on 1 October 1904 in
Sandavági,
Faroe Islands. His parents were Peter Joen Pauli Olsen, fisherman, from
Sandavágur and Lisbeth Olsen, born Magnussen, from
Leynar. Before Jacob Olsen studied at the
Faroese Teachers School (
Føroya Læraraskúli), he worked 15 months in business in
Sandavágur and was at sea for a single year. In 1923 he was admitted to teacher education at the Faroese Teachers School in
Tórshavn and graduated with a teaching diploma in 1926. 1 September 1926 he was hired by
Tórshavn's School. On 1 February 1961 he became Vice Principal at the same school and held office until his retirement 31 October 1971, at the age of 67. The numerous children's stories published in this magazine were the basis of the book
Nú Breddar, which the Faroese Union of Teachers released in 1964 on the occasion of Jacob Olsen's 60th birthday. On 1 October 1933 Jacob Olsen married Olga Maria (born Hansen on 16 October 1903 in
Tvøroyri), daughter of Sigvald and Hansina Hansen from
Tvøroyri. (Sigvald was born in
Stokke in
Norway.) Jacob Olsen moved with his wife to
Copenhagen in the early 1970s, where he continued his translation work, and gave private lessons in
English until his death of natural causes on 13 October 1994 at the age of 90 years. His wife Olga Olsen died of a
cerebral haemorrhage in the year 1978. == Authorship ==