Petur Alberg (15 December 1885 – 1940) was a Faroese violin player and

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

from

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), usually locally referred to as simply Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of th ...

. He composed the anthem of the

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, " Mítt alfagra land", or "Tú alfagra land mítt", as it is usually called.

References

*Sørensen, Zacharias: ''Løg til songbók Føroya fólks'' (1st ed.) p. 364. Tórshavn nótar 2003. 1885 births 1940 deaths Faroese songwriters People from Tórshavn National anthem writers {{songwriter-stub