[3] After receiving her examen artium in Denmark in 1927, Sigrið av Skarði studied history and English at the University of Copenhagen.

Many Faroese (mostly young students) were unable to return to their homeland and remained in Denmark for the rest of the war, even if they had completed their studies.

The Faroese-language newspaper Búgvin (Ready) was published from 1941 to 1946, and Sigrið wrote articles on history and current events for the paper.

[4] The family relocated to the Faroe Islands in 1948, and Sigrið av Skarði Joensen established her publishing house Ungu Føroyar.

[1] In 1938, she married the politician Sigurð Joensen (1911–1993), with whom she had seven children: Elspa (born 1939), Lív (1942), Búgvi (1945), Turið (1946), Sjúrður (1947), Bergljót (1950), and Inga Rósa (1953).