Joen Danielsen

Joen Danielsen

Joen Danielsen Known as "Kvívíks-Jógvan (Jógvan of Kvívík)", (* 11 June 1843 in Kvívík, Faroe Islands - † 2 May 1926). He married and settled in the town of Gjógv.

Kvívíks-Jógvan was one of the earliest traditional faroese poets to write poems in the faroese language. Growing up together with J. P. Gregoriussen in the town of Kvívík when V. U. Hammershaimb was parish priest there, he taught himself to read faroese by borrowing books from Mr. Hammershaimb.

Among the many poems he wrote, Jógvan also wrote traditional faroese ballads, the most famous being "kópakvæðið" (the ballad of the Selkie or seal woman) which consists of 68 verses. This ballad is based on a faroese legend about seals coming ashore to dance in human appearance on January 7, which locally is known as "old christmas" which was celebrated in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

Works

* "Yrkingar". 1926 (Poems and Ballads, in Faroese)

External links

* [http://www.fotatradk.com/kv/Kopakvaedi.htm Kópakvæðið]


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