Jens Pauli Skaalum (December 18, 1893 – August 1, 1978) was a Faroese teacher and a politician for the Union Party.
He graduated from the Jonstrup Normal School (Danish: Jonstrup Seminarium) in Copenhagen as a primary school teacher in 1914, and then taught in Porkeri from 1914 to 1920 and in Hvalba from 1920 to 1960.
[2] Skaalum was a deputy representative to the Faroese Parliament from Suðuroy, and he stood in for Oliver Effersøe, who took a leave of absence for health reasons from 1931 to 1932.
[2][3] Skaalum was a member of the Hvalba municipal council from 1939 to 1950 and served as mayor from 1939 to 1948.
He used to be a member of the supervisory committee of the bank Føroya Sparikassi from 1957 to 1976.