Hans Andrias Djurhuus

Hans Andrias Djurhuus (20 October 1883 - 6 May 1951) was a Faroese poet and teacher. He is well known for his national poems and for his children's songs, but he also wrote psalms, short stories, plays, fairytales and one novel.

Djurhuus was born and died in Torshavn. His brother Janus Djurhuus, who was two years older, is also one of the well known poets of the Faroe Islands. Both were born and raised in a house in the old part of Torshavn, which is called Aarstova, down in the Eastern Harbour; the brothers are often referred to as the Aarstovu Brothers (Aarstovubroðurnir). Hans Andrias Djurhuus was one of the most productive poets of the Faroe Islands. The brother's great grandfather was Jens Christian Djurhuus (1773-1853) who was the first poet who wrote poems in the Faroese language.

After finishing the school, he worked as a fisherman for a short period, after that he attended the Foroya Folkahaskuli and after that he studied at the Teachers Seminar (Foroya Laeraraskuli), which he finished in 1905. He worked as a school teacher in Sandavagur, Klaksvik, Tvoroyri and Torshavn.