List of lawmen and prime ministers of the Faroe Islands

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Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Føroya løgmaður
Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands
Flag of the Faroe Islands
Incumbent
Bárður á Steig Nielsen
since 16 September 2019
Inaugural holderGilli
Andrass Samuelsen
Formationc. 1000
12 May 1948
DeputyDeputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Politics of the Faroe Islands
Constitution
The Crown
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Executive
Regeringen
The Government of Denmark
Landsstýri
The Government of the Faroe Islands
Privy Council
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Løgtingið
Parliament of the Faroe Islands
(35th National Parliament)
Folketinget
Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark
(69th Kingdom Parliament)
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  • President
    • Poul Søgaard
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This is a list of lawmen and prime ministers of the Faroe Islands.

The Faroese term løgmaður (plural: løgmenn) literally means "lawman" and originally referred to the legal function of lawspeaker. This old title was brought back into use to refer to the head of government after the islands obtained Home Rule in 1948. In recent decades the Faroese government has started using "Prime Minister" as the official English translation of løgmaður, reflecting the increased autonomy of the islands. This translation does not apply to the pre-1816 office, only the modern leaders of the Faroese government.

List of Løgmenn

Løgmenn as lawmen (c. 1000–1816)

Many of the earlier holders of this position are not known.

Name Born–Died Term of Office
Gilli c. 1000
Sjúrður c. 1300
Símun c. 1350
Dagfinnur Halvdanarson c. 1400
Haraldur Kálvsson c. 1412
Roald c. 1450
Jørundur Skógdrívsson 1479–1524
Tórmóður Sigurðsson 1524–1531
Andras Guttormsson c. 1490–1543 1531–1544
Guttormur Andrasson Died 1572 1544–1572
Jógvan Heinason 1541–1602 1572–1583
Ísak Guttormsson Died 1587 1583–1588
Pætur Jákupsson 1588–1601
Tummas Símunarson Died 1608 1601–1608
Zakarias Tormóðsson Died 1628 1608–1628
Jógvan Justinusson Died 1654 1629–1654
Jógvan Poulsen (1st time) 1654–1655
Balzer Jacobsen 1655–1661
Jógvan Poulsen (2nd time) 1662–1677
Jákup Jógvansson 1677–1679
Jóhan Hendrik Weyhe 1679–1706
Sámal Pætursson Lamhauge Died 1752 1706–1752
Hans Jákupsson Debes 1723–1769 1752–1769
Thorkild Fjeldsted 1741–1796 1769–1772
Jacob Hveding 1772–1786
Johan Michael Lund 1753–1824 1786–1808
Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb 1767–1820 1808–1816

Løgmenn as Prime Ministers during the Home Rule era (1948–present)

# Term start Term end Portrait Incumbent Party Election
style="background:Template:Union Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 12 May 1948 15 December 1950 Andrass Samuelsen
(1873–1954) 		Union Party 1946
style="background:Template:Union Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 15 December 1950 8 January 1959 Kristian Djurhuus
(1895–1984) 		Union Party 1950
1954
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 3 8 January 1959 4 January 1963 Peter Mohr Dam
(1898–1968) 		Social Democratic Party 1958
style="background:Template:People's Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 4 4 January 1963 12 January 1967 Hákun Djurhuus
(1908–1987) 		People's Party 1962
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| (3) 12 January 1967 19 November 1968 Peter Mohr Dam
(1898–1968) 		Social Democratic Party 1966
style="background:Template:Union Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| (2) 19 November 1968 12 December 1970 Kristian Djurhuus
(1895–1984) 		Union Party 1966
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 5 12 December 1970 5 January 1981 Atli Dam
(1932–2005) 		Social Democratic Party 1970
1974
1978
style="background:Template:Union Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 6 5 January 1981 10 January 1985 Pauli Ellefsen
(1936–2012) 		Union Party 1980
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| (5) 10 January 1985 18 January 1989 Atli Dam
(1932–2005) 		Social Democratic Party 1984
style="background:Template:People's Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 7 18 January 1989 15 January 1991 Jógvan Sundstein
(1933– ) 		People's Party 1988
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| (5) 15 January 1991 18 January 1993 Atli Dam
(1932–2005) 		Social Democratic Party 1990
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 8 18 January 1993 15 September 1994 Marita Petersen
(1940–2001) 		Social Democratic Party 1990
style="background:Template:Union Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 15 September 1994 15 May 1998 Edmund Joensen
(1944– ) 		Union Party 1994
style="background:Template:People's Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 10 15 May 1998 3 February 2004 Anfinn Kallsberg
(1947– ) 		People's Party 1998
2002
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 11 3 February 2004 26 September 2008 Jóannes Eidesgaard
(1951– ) 		Social Democratic Party 2004
style="background:Template:Union Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 12 26 September 2008 15 September 2015 Kaj Leo Johannesen
(1964– ) 		Union Party 2008
2011
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 13 15 September 2015 16 September 2019 Aksel V. Johannesen
(1972– ) 		Social Democratic Party 2015
style="background:Template:Union Party (Faroe Islands)/meta/color; color:white;"| 14 16 September 2019 Incumbent Bárður á Steig Nielsen
(1972– ) 		Union Party 2019

See also

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