Jógvan á Lakjuni
| Jógvan á Lakjuni | |
|---|---|
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| Jógvan á Lakjuni, 2007 | |
| Speaker of the Parliament | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Hergeir Nielsen |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1998 | |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 3 February 2004 – 4 February 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Annita á Fríðriksmørk |
| Succeeded by | Kristina Háfoss |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1952 Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands |
| Political party | People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) |
Jógvan á Lakjuni (born 13 November 1952 in Fuglafjørður) is a Faroese politician, composer and teacher. He is the current speaker of the Faroese parliament, the Løgting. He worked as a fisherman in the period 1969–1972. He was educated school teacher in 1977, and worked as a school teacher in Fuglafjørður from 1977-89. This period he also studied at the University of the Faroe Islands and since 1989 he has worked as a high school teacher at Føroya Handilsskúli in Kambsdalur.
Political career
Jógvan á Lakjuni was elected member of the Faroese Løgting in 1998, but before that he had been substitute member several times in the period 1989 to 1996.[1] He was minister of culture in the first cabinet of Jóannes Eidesgaard. He is the current speaker of the Faroese parliament, the Løgting.[2] He was president of the West Nordic Council from 2002 to 2003.
Member of Committees of the Løgting
- 2008–2012 vice chairman of the Culture Committee
- 2002–2004 member of the Foreign Affairs Committee
- 2000–2002 chairman of the Culture Committee
- 1998–2002 member of the Næringskomiteen
- 1998–2000 member of the Culture Committee
Musical career
He has been active musician since he was young. He plays the piano and has been the leader of local choirs of his hometown Fuglafjørður. In 1980s he was one of the members of the choir called Bros. He has composed melodies for psalms and other relious and traditional Faroese songs i.e. to poems from the Faroese poet Hans Andrias Djurhuus, he also composed a new melody for the psalm Gakk tú tryggur, which is a popular psalm in the Faroes.[3] Mr. á Lakjuni is a member of the Plymouth Brethren (called Brøðrasamkoman in the Faroes),[4] but his melody is also used in the Church of the Faroes (Fólkakirkjan).[5] Together with his son Bárður á Lakjuni, he released an album in 2012, Gakk tú tryggur.[6] Jógvan á Lakjuni has composed melodies seven of the songs, whils his son has composed five of the songs of the album.
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