Janus Djurhuus

Janus Djurhuus on a stamp of the Faroe Islands issued in 1984
Janus Djurhuus (front row, left) in 1900 with (back row, left to right) Jákup Dahl, Magnus Dahl and Jógvan Waagstein; (front row) Petur Dahl and Oluf Skaalum

Jens Hendrik Oliver Djurhuus, called Janus Djurhuus, (26 February 1881, Tórshavn – 1 September 1948, Tórshavn) was the first modern Faroese poet. He and his younger brother Hans Andreas Djurhuus, also a poet, are called the Áarstova brothers after the house where they grew up.


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