Sólrún Michelsen

Sólrún Michelsen (born Midjord in Tórshavn on 11 March 1948), grew up in Argir and is a Faroese writer and poet.

In 2004 she was nominated for the West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize for the poem collection Loppugras.

She is married to the Faroese politician and business man Poul Michelsen, the leader of Framsókn (Progress).

Her parents moved to Argir from elsewhere, her father from the small village of Hov on Suðuroy and her mother from Norðskáli on Eysturoy.

She has written and published in various genres, with her work appearing both in book form and in literary magazines like Birting and Vencil.