Gruntvig also encouraged the Faroese V. U. Hammershaimb to gather ballads of his native land; Hammershaimb after making several publications eventually turned over the collection to Grundtvig, who with Jørgen Bloch co-edited the Føroya kvæði: Corpus Carminum Færoensium (1876).
Gruntvig prompted Faroese V. U. Hammershaimb to collect ballads from his homeland; after several publications, Hammershaimb transferred the collection to Gruntvig, who with Jørgen Bloch edited Føroya kvæði: Corpus Carminum Færoensium (1876).