I grew up on the Faroe Islands — a remote North Atlantic archipelago of dramatic cliffs, green hillsides, and a community where everyone knows their neighbours. My family has owned and run a farm with 200 sheep for as long as I can remember. That upbringing gave me something you can't learn in a classroom: a deep understanding of what it means to build and maintain something with your own hands, season after season.
That sense of ownership carried over into business early. I founded Aurum as a way to turn local resources into products no one else was making — starting with wool tubes, which we were the first to bring to the Faroe Islands. It wasn't glamorous, but it was real, and it taught me more about entrepreneurship than any course could.
Now I'm expanding into tech. I work with advanced 3D knitting machines at a knitwear company on the islands — a bridge between traditional craft and modern manufacturing. On the side, I'm learning to build websites and apps, and in May 2026 I'm competing in my first international hackathon in Vilnius, Lithuania.
I believe the most interesting companies are built by people who see the world differently. Growing up between sheep pastures and the sea has a way of doing that to you. I'm just getting started.