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.
[1] [2] 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.
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.