Remembering those lost at sea

November 1, All Saints’ Day, marks the annual commemoration day for persons lost at sea.

Memorial services will be held across the country today.

At Tórshavn’s Vinnuháskúlin, the Centre of Maritime Studies and Engineering, starting at 2pm, Prime Minister Bárður á Steig Nielsen will be delivering a speech and vicar Sverri Steinhólm will say prayers.

This event will be followed by a memorial service in the city centre plantation where the Prime Minister will lay a wreath by the memorial statue of a seaman looking out to sea.

Tórshavn’s cathedral will host a memorial service from 8pm. This service will be broadcast live on the KvF radio station.

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Four men have lost their lives at sea or in connection with their work at sea in the past year:

• Jóhan Petur Suni Olsen, 56, a resident of Strendur, died on 21 November 2021. He was a crew member of “Hav Norlandia”, which was docking in Miðvági at the time of his death.

• Petur Johansen, 52, a resident of Miðvágur, drowned by the fish farming cages in the sea off Miðvágur on 22 February 2022.

• Maciej Krzysztof Broniszewski, 48, a Polish national residing in Froðba, died on board “Suðringur” on 13 February 2022 during a fishing expedition.

• Karl Sofus Lamhauge Garðalíð, 59, a resident of Vestmanna, drowned on 18 June 2022 after slipping while trying to board “Túgvusteinur”, which was docking at Tórshavn’s western quay.

(Source: Fólkakirkjan.fo).

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