Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin (21 August 1773 – 21 November 1853) was the first poet who wrote in Faroese.
He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes.
Djurhuus also composed satirical poems directed against Danish rule in the Faroe Islands.
They lived in Nes, Eysturoy, where his Danish grandfather Christen Djurhuus (1708–1775) was provost.
[2] In 1797, he married Jóhanna Maria Jensdóttir from Kollafjørður, daughter of farmer Jens Didriksen (1710-1771) of Við Sjógv on Streymoy.