Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb

Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb, born 6 July 1767 - died 24 May 1820.

Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb was Faroese and trained as a lawyer. He was Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1805 to 1816. Hammershaimb was the last Prime Minister before the Lagting was abandoned in 1816.

Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb was the father of Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, who set the rules and orthography for the modern Faroese language.

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