Jógvan Heinason

Jógvan Heinason (1541–1602) was First Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1572 to 1583.

Jógvan Heinason was the son of the Norwegian priest Heine Havreki and a Faroese women, Herborg from Húsavík. The son of Heinason's Norwegian step mother, and Heinasons half brother, is the Faroe Islands' most famous seafarer, Magnus Heinason.

References

G.V.C. Young's textbook Færøerne - fra vikingetiden til reformationen, 1982
Løgtingið 150 - Hátíðarrit. Tórshavn 2002, Bind 2, S. 366. (Avsnitt Føroya løgmenn fram til 1816) (PDF-Download)

Political offices
Preceded by Guttormur Andrasson	Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands 1572-1583	Succeeded by Ísak Guttormsson

Lawmen 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

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