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Personal profile
Personal profile
Since 2022 Associate Professor in History. From 2003 to 2022 holding positions as a curator. The professional background is within the museum world, curating exhibitions, participating in networks, giving lessons, lectures and presentations of common and special topics.
Member of the Collaboration Committee, Fróðskaparsetur Føroya (Samstarvsnevndin) 2023-26.
Programme leader, Bachelor in History (útbúgvingarleiðari í bachelor í søgu), Fróðskaprsetur Føroya 2025-
Research interests
Mainly social and cultural history. Within these two, maritime history as a multidisciplinary field is a key factor in understanding and interpreting contemporary Faroese history, given the Faroes are a seafaring nation and a maritime society. Industrial and business history is of importance and related to maritime history, as the Faroes from the mid and end of 19th century were transformed from a village community to a dynamic fishing and maritime society. The periodical field is Faroese history in the 19th and 20th century and the British social history tradition is a vital inspiration.
Teaching
Teaching experience
Faculty of History and Social Sciences - 2000: Culture, Identity and Politics (Mentan, samleiki og politikkur) 2 lessons, 2000: Social Movements (Sosialar rørslur) 5 lessons, 2000-2001/2003: Cultural Theory (Mentanarfrøði I-II) 20 lessons, 2003-2004/2007: Contemporary Faroese History (Nýggjari føroysk søga) 8 lessons, 2005: North-Atlantic Maritime History (Tættir úr norðuratlantiskari stranda- og sjómentan) 3 lessons, 2011: Politics and Public Adminstration (Almennur politikkur og fyrisiting) 1 lesson. Faculty of Education - 2008: Urban History (Havnin sum býur í 20. øld) 1 lesson.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Social and Cultural History. , Fróðskaparsetur Føroya - The University of the Faroe Islands
1998 → 2003
Minor in European Ethnology, University of Copenhagen
1992 → 1994
Master, MA in History and European Ethnology , Aarhus University
1990 → 1994
Bachelor, Fróðskaparsetur Føroya - The University of the Faroe Islands
1987 → 1990
External positions
Member of the Board, ICOM Denmark (International Council of Museums, the Danish National Committee.
2017 → 2025
Curator, Tjóðsavnið. Faroe Islands National Museum (Fornminnissavnið, Søvn Landsins).
2017 → 2022
Curator and appointed museum leader, Fornminnissavnið, Søvn Landsins (Cultural Museum, Faroese National Heritage).
2014 → 2017
Member of Board , The Health Insurance Fund (Faknevndin fyri Sjúkrakassagrunninum).
2014 → 2020
2011-22: Head of the conservation project, The Whaling Station – við Áir, Tjóðsavnið. Faroe Islands National Museum (Fornminnissavnið, Søvn Landsins).
2011 → 2022
Member of the Board. Secretary. , The Faroese Academic Masters Union (Magistarafelag Føroya).
2010 → 2012
Member , NSMMN, North Sea Maritime Museums Network.
2009 → 2022
Curator, Føroya Fornminnissavn (Cultural Museum of Faroe Islands).
2009 → 2011
Member of the Board., The Research Council (Granskingarnevndin).
2008 → 2014
Member of the Board. , The Faroese Science Council (Føroya Vísindaráð).
2008 → 2011
Member of the Board., The Faroese Academy of Sciences (Føroya Fróðskaparfelag).
2004 → 2006
Curator, Tórshavnar Býarsavn (Tórshavn Museum).
2003 → 2009
Member , Network of North-Atlantic Historians (Netværk for samarbejde omkring dokumentation, historieskrivning og formidling af de vestnordiske landes fælleshistorie (VNH)
2002 → 2013
Archivist, Tjóðskjalasavnið, ex. Føroya Landsskjalasavn (National Archives).
2002 → 2003
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Nordafar: social-, kultur- og industrihistoriske værdier. Forundersøgelse af Nordafar stationen og Færingehavnen i Grønland. Rapport – anbefaling og stillingtagen til stationens fremtid
Translated title of the contribution :Report handed to the Governments of Greenland and the Faroe Islands: Nordafar – the abandoned Fishing Port in Greenland. Social-, Cultural- and Industrial Historical Values. Recommendations and Decision-Making. Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Havnin við havið var hon einaferð: Ein býur er fluttur heimanífrá
Joensen, E. V., 2017, In: Varðin. 84, 2, p. 84-109 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Hvalastøðin við Áir: Álit um økisskipan
Translated title of the contribution :Report handed to the Faroese Ministry of Culture: The Whaling Station Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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La chasse à la baleine aux îles Féroé: l’origine de l’industrialisation d’une société isolée dans l’océan Atlantique nord. In:Marie-Laure Griffaton/Alain Cabantous: Ports d’Europe, en quête de nouveaux mondes. (172-176) Ouvrage publié á occasion de l’exposition présentée au Musée portuaire du 2 juin 2013 au 12 janvier 2014.
Translated title of the contribution :Whale Hunting in the Faroe Islands: The Beginning of the Industrialisation of a peripheral society in the North Atlantic Ocean Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Erhvervs- og næringsliv i tiden ca. 1550-1850 & Erhvervs- og næringsliv i tiden ca. 1850-2000
Joensen, E. V. (Editor), Marquardt, O., Thór, J. T., Thorleifsen, D., Jóhannesson, G. T. & Kolle, N., 2012, Naboer i Nordatlanten: Færøerne, Island og Grønland. Hovedlinier i Vestnordens historie. Thór, J. T., Thorleifsen, D., Mortensen, A. & Marquardt, O. (eds.). Tórshavn: Fróðskapur – Faroe University Press, p. 161-245 84 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Her Maritime Family. A Faroese Household-Life Defined by Maritime Traditions.
Joensen, E. V. (Speaker)
16 Jun 2026 → 19 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The evolution of the Faroese University and other cultural and scientific institutions and the Faroese society in the 1950s and 1960s
Joensen, E. V. (Speaker)
3 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Sanatoriið í Hoydølum
Joensen, E. V. (Speaker)
1 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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The History of the Faroe Islands – a Society in Tradition, in Transition and in Modernity
Joensen, E. V. (Speaker)
7 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Press/Media
Thesis
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Lossingarmenn í Havn
Joensen, E. V. (Author), Joensen, J. P. (Supervisor), 21 Mar 2003Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Tórshavns arbejderklasse 1900-1930. Offentlighed og forholdet til socialistisk ideologi : med et historisk tilbageblik til klassens faktiske tilblivelse
Joensen, E. V. (Author), Busck, S. (Supervisor), 1992Student thesis: Master's Thesis