Hr. Sinklar

Kjartan Atlason skipar Hr. Sinklar saman við Dansifelagnum í Havn. Upptøkan er gjørd í Hornahúsunum av sjónvarpinum hjá KvF í 2013. Vísan Hr. Sinklar er um »Slaget i Kringom«, tá skotskir leigusoldátar vóru á veg gjøgnum Norra til Svøríkis undir leiðslu av skottanum Hr. Sinklar (Sinclair) í 1612. Norra var tá undir donskum valdi og norskir bøndur bardu niður herin hjá skottum, so eingin kom livandi heim. Vísan er yrkt seinast í 18. øld av Edward Storm. Hóast vísan er um eina søguliga hending, so er hon sera romantiserað í hesi yrking. Í vísuni verður sagt, at skottarnir góvu ongar náðir, men í veruleikanum vóru teir vápna- og verjuleysir, og vórðu fangaðir av norðmonnum, sum drukku seg fullar og avrættaðu teir ein fyri ein. Í dansitíðini skipar Dansifelagið í Havn vanliga fyri barnadansi í Norðurlandahúsinum fríggjakvøld kl. 20.00, og vanligum dansi í Hornahúsunum, kl. 22.00. Sí nærri á   / danshavn   ella http://www.danshavn.org Kjartan Atlason is the lead singer of Hr. Sinklar (Sinclair) together with Dansifelagið í Havn (the Faroese Chain Dance Association in Tórshavn). The recording was made by KvF (the Faroese Broadcasting) in 2013. The norwegian ballad Hr. Sinklar is about the Battle of the Ring, where Scottish mercenary soldiers were on their way to enlist in the Swedish army for the Kalmar War in 1612 with Sinclair as one of the commanders. At that time, Norway was part of the Danish kingdom, and Denmark and Sweden were at war. Norwegian farmers slayed down the Scottish soldiers, and none of the soldiers returned back home alive. At least this is how Edward Storm wrote ballad in late 18th century. Although the ballad is about a historical event, it is very romantic and nationalistic. In the ballad, the Scottish soldiers were barbaric and killed women and children, but they were, in fact, almost unarmed, and got captured by the Norwegians. As the Norwegians got drunk during the night, the killed the Scottish soldiers one by one against a wall.