Tingakrossur was a Faroese newspaper. The first copy of the paper was published on January 1, 1901Wylie, Jonathan. 1987. The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, p. 157.Hermansson, Nanna Stefania. 2010. A Bookcase in Kongsstiva in Nólsoy. In: Dorete—Her Book (= Annales Societatis Scientiarum Færoensis Supplementum 52), pp. 117–138. Tórshavn: Faroe University Press, p. 123. and it ceased publication in 1990. It was not published between 1955 and 1959.
Although the newspaper was initially written mainly in Danish, it was autonomy oriented, and later it became the organ and party newspaper of the Home Rule Party () in 1906. The avowed purpose of the paper was to promote education and fight against oppression. Poetry and prose held a central place in the newspaper, and the first Faroese novel, Rasmus Rasmussen's Babelstornið (The Tower of Babel, 1909), was published serially in it.
The newspaper's name comes from the Faroese common noun tingakrossur 'bidding stick'. A cross-shaped bidding stick was carried to summon people to the Løgting at Tinganes.West, John Frederick. 1972. Faroe: The Emergence of a Nation. London: C. Hurst, p. 24.
Many of the newspaper's editors were leading politicians in the Home Rule Party.
Editors Kristin í Geil (a.k.a. Christen Holm-Isaksen), 1901–1911 Sverri Patursson, 1911–1912 Petur Alberg, 1912–1914 Kristin í Geil, 1914–1935 Eivind Isholm, 1935–1939 S.E. Matras, 1940–1943 Louis Zachariasen, 1943–1954 Hans David Matras, 1960–1963 Tummas Lenvig, 1963–1966 Marius Johannesen, 1967–1978 Hanna Absalonsen, 1979–1985 Johan Petur Petersen, 1985–1987 Petur Martin Rasmussen, 1988–1989 Bergur Jacobsen, 1990
References
Further reading Søllinge, Jette D., & Niels Thomsen. 1989. De Danske aviser 1634–1989, vol. 2. Odense: Dagspressens fond i kommission hos Odense universitetsforlag, p. 692. Thomsen, Niels, & Jette D. Søllinge. 1991. De Danske aviser 1634–1991, vol. 3. Odense: Dagspressens fond i kommission hos Odense universitetsforlag, pp. 694–695. Dalsgarð, Arnbjørn Ó. 2002. Føroysk blaðsøga 1852–2002. Vestmanna: Sprotin.