About Óli Niklái Skaalum
Lived 1849 – 1924 (aged 74). Óli Niklái Skaalum was a Danish politician, teacher and bell-ringer.
Óli Niklái Skaalum (April 29, 1849 – January 29, 1924) was a Faroese teacher and a politician for the Union Party.
Skaalum was born in Hvalba. He received his teaching degree in 1872, after which he taught in Sandvík until 1909 and in Hvalba until 1920. He was a member of the Hvalba municipal council from 1875 to 1915 and served as mayor from 1888 to 1915. Skaalum was one of the founders of the Union Party, and he served in the Faroese Parliament as the party's representative for Suðuroy from 1906 to 1916.
Skaalum married Elsebeth Helena Niclasen, and they were the parents of the teacher and politician Jens Pauli Skaalum.
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Who was Óli Niklái Skaalum?
Faroese politician (1849-1924)
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Óli Niklái Skaalum was born on 29 April 1849 in Hvalba.
When did Óli Niklái Skaalum die?
Óli Niklái Skaalum died on 29 January 1924 in Copenhagen.
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Óli Niklái Skaalum was a politician, teacher and bell-ringer.
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Óli Niklái Skaalum was Danish.
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