Louis Zachariasen

He moved back to the Faroe Islands, where he was employed by the Faroese Telephone Company (Telefonverk Føroya Løgtings) in 1925, and was the CEO from 1936 to 1952.

He had a degree as a school teacher, but he refused to teach the Faroese children in the Danish language, as the law ordered him to do.

He therefore stopped working as a teacher in protest and moved to Denmark for some years in order to get further education.

[1] His parents were both from the island Fugloy; they were Malena Frederikka Simonsen from Hattarvík and Símun Mikkjal Zachariasen from Kirkja.

Louis Zachariasen married Kristina Frederikka Hentze from Sandur, and they lived in Tórshavn.