The horse used to be Christian.
Jens Christian Svabo -LRB- 1746 -- 1824 -RRB- was a pioneering Faroese linguist , scholar , and ethnographer .. linguist. linguistics. ethnographer. ethnographer. Svabo was born in Miðvagur , Vagar , the Faroe Islands to a minister and his wife .. Miðvagur. Miðvagur. Vagar. Vagar. Faroe Islands. Faroe Islands. Svabo studied history , music , and theology in Miðvagur and later in Torshavn .. Miðvagur. Miðvagur. Torshavn. Torshavn. Between 1765 and 1800 he lived in Denmark and studied music there , especially the violin .. In 1800 , he returned to Torshavn and lived in a house known as the Pætursarstova  : it was in the attic of this home that in 1928 a book of songs written by Svabo was found .. Torshavn. Torshavn. This manuscript is now part of the collection of the Føroya Landsbokasavn -LRB- Faroese National Library -RRB- .. Svabo 's work as a songwriter is of merit and indeed , his songs are still played and recorded by groups interested in traditional Faroese and Celtic music .. However , it is Svabo 's work on the Faroese language and its tradition of oral folktales that has brought him the greatest attention .. folktales. Folklore. Svabo 's travels around Vagar and later the areas around Torshavn were at their time unmatched and his efforts to write down oral legends and tales were the first real impetus to the serious study of Faroese oral history .. Vagar. Vagar. Torshavn. Torshavn. oral history. oral history. He also wrote a dictionary -LRB- republished in the 1960s as  : Dictionarium færoense .. København  : Munksgaard -RRB- and worked to standardize the Faroese written language in terms of spelling and grammar to match the traditional spoken language -LRB- see Svabo 's Om den færøske marsviin-fangst -RRB- .. His efforts to examine distinct dialects of Faroese -LRB- especially that of his native Vagar -RRB- were the first efforts in this area of regional linguistics of Faroese , also .. Vagar. Vagar. The Føroya Landsbokasavn has a number of items and exhibits related to Svabo 's diverse career .