J.P. Gregoriussen (Jóan Petur Gregoriussen, known as Jóan Petur upp í Trøð) (1 June 1845 – 15 November 1901) was a Faroese songwriter, poet and writer. His poetry was well known in the Faroe Islands where his Wedding Ballad (Brúðarvísan) is often sung at weddings. As well as being a poet, Gregoriussen was a sailor and a carpenter. Biography Gregoriussen was born in Kvívík, Faroe Islands. He grew up with traditional Faroese poet Joen Danielsen in Kvívík at a time when Lutheran minister V.U. Hammershaimb was the parish priest. Gregoriussen worked as a fisherman near Iceland from 1867 to 1870. While in Iceland he went to church and heard services conducted in Icelandic. From that point he became more aware of the fact that in the Faroe Islands Danish, not Faroese, was the official language in church and school. Gregoriussen was a devoted member of "The Faroese Association" (Føringafelag) after it was established at the Christmas Meeting (Jólafundurin) in 1888. Bibliography 1928 - Yrkingar (Jóan Petur uppi í Trøð), Collected by M. A. Jacobsen, published by Varðin Nýársheilsa frá Føringatíðindi. Føringatíðindi, nr. 1, 1894 Gentukæti. Føringatíðindi, nr. 2, 1894 Vaagen. Føringatíðindi, nr. 4, 1894 Rím um teir Lutherisku prestarnar... Føringatíðindi, nr. 10, 1894 Við kaspiska havið. Føringatíðindi, nr. 11, 1894 Tú forna kenda minnisstað. Føringatíðindi, nr. 13, 1894 Hákun í Noregi. Føringatíðindi, nr. 4, 1895 Til Fólkafundirnar í Føroyum. Føringatíðindi, nr. 12, 1895 Sverras ríma. Føringatíðindi, nr. 1, 1896 Um føroyingars framsýningferð til Bergen 1898. Fuglaframi, nr. 22, 1899 Seg skjóta undir danskheit inn. Føringatíðindi, nr. 13, 1900 Nakað lítið um Transvaalbardagan 1899-1900. Fuglaframi, nr. 13, 1900 Í Føroyum. Fuglaframi, nr. 15, 1900 So møtast vit her. Fuglaframi, nr. 17, 1900 Kalendarørindi. Fuglaframi, nr. 9, 1901 Brúðarvísan. Dagdvøljan, 1901 Tróndur og Sigmundur á Havnartingi. Varðin, 2. bd., 1922 References 1845 births 1901 deaths 19th-century Faroese poets Faroese songwriters Faroese-language poets People from Kvívík Faroese male poets 19th-century male writers