Career
He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi. Djurhuus also composed satirical poems directed against Danish rule in the Faroe Islands.
Djurhuus was the fourth son of Johan Christian Djurhuus (1741–1815) and Maria Rønning (1741–1807).
His mother came from Aust-Agder in Norway and is supposed to be a descendant of Earl Haakon Sigurdsson. The couple moved to this farm during the same year.
This farm became the cultural centre of the village.
