Jógvan Poulsen

Jógvan Poulsen was the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands twice, from 1654 to 1655, and from 1662 to 1677.

Jógvan Poulsen was Faroese, and married the daughter of former Prime Minister Jógvan Justinusson. Poulsen was raised on a farm in Oyri, before he became elected leader of the Lagting. King Frederik III did not like Poulsen as Prime Minister, and replaced him with the Dane Balzer Jacobsen, one of Christoffer Gabel's supporters. Gabel at this time had a monopoly on trade to and from the Faroe Islands, so this was much better for him. Jacobsen was Prime Minister until 1661, when Jógvan Poulsen again took over.

His son, Jákup Jógvansson, later also became Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.

References

• Løgtingið 150 - Hátíðarrit. Tórshavn 2002, Bind 2, S. 366. (Avsnitt Føroya løgmenn fram til 1816) (PDF-Download)

Prime Ministers of the Faroe Islands before 1816 Gilli  Sjúrður  Símun  Dagfinnur Halvdanarson  Haraldur Kálvsson  Roald  Jørundur Skógdrívsson  Tórmóður Sigurðsson  Andras Guttormsson  Guttormur Andrasson  Jógvan Heinason  Ísak Guttormsson  Pætur Jákupsson  Tummas Símunarson  Zakarias Tormóðsson  Jógvan Justinusson  Jógvan Poulsen  Balzer Jacobsen  Jógvan Poulsen  Jákup Jógvansson  Jóhan Hendrik Weyhe  Sámal Pætursson Lamhauge  Hans Jákupsson Debes  Thorkild Fjeldsted  Jacob Hveding  Johan Michael Lund  Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb