Entrepreneur · Faroe Islands

Sámuel á
Torkilsheyggi

Island born. Globally building.

A young entrepreneur from the Faroe Islands — running ventures and stepping into the world one project at a time.

The Story

About me

Entrepreneur from the Faroe Islands, building ventures shaped by hands-on craft and hard work.

Location
Faroe Islands
Family farm
200 sheep
Company
Reinsa
Focus
Entrepreneurship
Languages
Faroese, English

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.

Today that same drive is behind Reinsa. Together with two friends, we started it wanting to try ourselves independently in the consumer and business market — and landed on mobile car detailing, washing cars both inside and out, as the way to do it.

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.

Sheep on a green hillside in the Faroe Islands
Experience

Work

  1. Ongoing · Current

    Car Detailing

    Founded together with two friends, Reinsa began with an ambition to try ourselves independently in the consumer and business market. We landed on mobile car detailing — washing cars both inside and out — as the way to do it.

  2. 2025 – Present

    Knitting Machine Operator

    Operating a 3D knitting machine at a knitwear company on the Faroe Islands. Precision manufacturing that sharpened my attention to detail.

  3. Past

    Horns

    Sold Faroese ram horns through Navia — both baby and adult horns, varying in size.

Building

Ventures

Current

Reinsa

Founded with two friends — a mobile car detailing business washing cars both inside and out, for private and business customers across the Faroe Islands.

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Backstory

Aurum

The first company on the Faroe Islands to sell wool tubes — spotting a gap in the local market and moving on it before anyone else did.

Get in touch

Contact

I'm always open to interesting conversations — about entrepreneurship, craftsmanship, or anything worth building.

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