Jógvan á Lakjuni

Jógvan á Lakjuni (born 13 November 1952 in Fuglafjørður) is a Faroese politician, composer and teacher.

During this period he also studied at the University of the Faroe Islands and since 1989 has worked as a high school teacher at Føroya Handilsskúli in Kambsdalur.

He plays the piano and has been the leader of local choirs of his hometown Fuglafjørður.

He has composed melodies for psalms and other religious and traditional Faroese songs i.e. to poems from the Faroese poet Hans Andrias Djurhuus, he also composed a new melody for the psalm Gakk tú tryggur, which is a popular psalm in the Faroes.

[6] Together with his son Bárður á Lakjuni, he released an album in 2012, Gakk tú tryggur.