Faroe
(Faeroe) Islands
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Adopted 1380
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- 22 Jun 1919 - 25 Apr 1940
Unofficial;
- 25 Apr 1940 - 23 Mar 1948
Ensign;
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Adopted 23 Mar 1948
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Map of
the Faroe Islands
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Faroe National
Anthem
"Tú Alfagra Land Mítt"
(My land, oh most beauteous)
Adopted 1948 |
Danish National Anthem
"Der er et yndigt land"
(There Is A Lovely Land)
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Home
Rule Act
(1 Apr 1948)
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Capital: Tórshavn
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Currency: Danish Krone
(DKK)
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National Holiday: 29 Jul (1030)
Ólavsøkudagur
(Saint Olav's Day/National Day) |
Population: 48,668 (2008)
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GDP: $1 billion (2001)
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Exports: $634 million (2006)
Imports: $751 million (2006)
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Ethnic groups: Faeroese
97%, Danish 2.5%, other
Scandinavian 0.4%, other 0.1% (2000)
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Total Police Forces: N/A
Defense is the Responsibility of Denmark
Merchant marine: 12 ships (2008)
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Religions: Protestant 91%
(of which Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Denmark 79%, Plymouth Brethren 10%),
other 9% (2005)
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| International Organizations/Treaties: AC,
FAO (associate), IMO (associate), NC, NIB , UNESCO (associate), UPU |
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Faroe Islands
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Chronology
c.650 - c.825
Settlement by Celtic monks.
c.825
Norse conquest and settlement.
970 - 1280
Republic (periodically a dependency of Orkney).
1035
Norwegian rule.
24 Jun 1298
First local constitutional law ("Sheep Letter").
11 Sep 1380 Danish
rule begins (from 1396, part of Denmark's
Sjaelland County).
1655 - 1708
Granted as a feudal estate to the von Gabel
family by the King of Denmark.
1708
Danish crown again takes possession.
6 Mar 1720 - 6 Mar 1775 Administered
as part of Iceland.
1776
Administered as part of Sjaelland (Sealand) County
of Denmark.
24 Jan 1814
Recognized as Danish possession by the Treaty
of Kiel.
1816
Faroe Islands become a separate County.
12 Apr 1940 - 16 Sep 1945 British occupation.
14 Sep 1946
Referendum votes independence 48.7% to 47%;
independence is declared on 18 Sep 1946,
declaration is annulled by Denmark on 20 Sep.
30 Mar 1948
Self-government granted.
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Chiefs
c.800
Grim Kamban "the Lame"
c.965
Halfgrim
- jointly with following two -
c.965
Breste Gataskeggi
c.965
Breine Gataskeggi
c.1000
Sigmundur Brestisson (d.
1005)
c.1000
Tróndur í Gøtu
(d. 1035)
(in opposition to Sigmundur)
c.1035
Leivur Øssurarson
Logsogumaor (Lawspeakers
of the Þing)
970 - 1298
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Bailiffs
1035 - 10..
Leivur Øssurarson
10.. - 1520 ....
1520 - 1523? Joachim Wullenweber
Governors
1524 - 1529 Jørgen
Hansen
1529 - 1553 Thomas
Koppen
(d. 1553)
Bailiffs
1556 - 1569
Anders Jude
1573 - 1578
Joachim Thim
1579 - 1581
Mads Poulsøn
1582
Sören Christensøn Flue
1583 - 1584
Mikkel Ibsøön
1584
Niels Skinkel til Gierskov
1586 - 1587
Lyder Augustinssøn
1588 - 1591
Mads Batzersøn
1592 - 1593
Mogens Nielssøn
1593 - 1594
Sören Nielssøn (1st time)
1597
Strange Madssøn (1st time)
1598
Sören Nielssøn (2nd time)
1599 - 1619
Strange Madssøn (2nd time)
1620 - 1644
Mads Christensøn Gullandsfar
1645 - 1647
Hans Selmer
1648 - 1655
Christen Madssøn
Governors
6 Jan 1655 - 18 Apr 1670 Christoffer von Gabel
(b. 1617 - d. 1673)
(Commander of the Faroes)
18 Apr 1670 - 21 Jun 1708 Frederik von Gabel
(b. 1645 - d. 1708)
16 Apr 1709 - 6 Mar 1720 Committee
- Jørgen Kristian Klein (to 1715)
- Didrik Markussen (from 1715)
- Rasmus Juel
- Samuel Pedersen
6 Mar 1720 - 6 Mar 1775 the governors of Iceland¹
Prefects of Sjaelland
11 Mar 1776 - 1 Apr 1787 Henrik Adam Brockenhuus
(b. 1720 - d. 1803)
1 Apr 1787 - 26 May 1790 Gregers Kristian von Haxthausen
(b. 1732 - d. 1802)
26 May 1790 - 6 Jul 1802 Johan Heinrich Knuth
(b. 1746 - d. 1802)
23 Jul 1802 - 12 Nov 1810 Frederik Hauch
(b. 1754 - d. 1839)
12 Nov 1810 - 22 May 1816 Verner Jasper Andreas Moltke
(b. 1755 - d. 1835)
Prefects (Amtmaend)
6 Jul 1816 - 1 Jul 1828 Emilius Marius Georgius
Løbner (b. 1766 - d. 1849)
(acting to 27 Mar 1821)
1 Jul 1828 - 16 Feb 1830 Ludvig Christian Tillisch
(b. 1797 - d. 1844)
27 Mar 1830 - 15 Apr 1837 Frederik Ferdinand Tillisch
(b. 1801 - d. 1889)
8 Jul 1837 - 31 Dec 1848 Christian Pløyen
(b. 1803 - d. 1867)
1849 - 1862
Carl Emil Dahlerup
(b. 1813 - d. 1890)
1862 - 1871
Peter Holten
(b. 1816 - d. 1892)
1871 - 1885
Hannes Christian Steingrim Finsen (b. 1828 - d. 1892)
1885 - 1897
Lorens Høyer Buchwaldt
(b. 1841 - d. 1933)
1897 - 1911
Christian Baerentsen
(b. 1862 - d. 1944)
1911 - 1918
Svenning Krag Nielsen Rytter (b. 1875
- d. 1955)
1918 - 1920
Victor Stahlschmidth
(b. 1884 - d. 1920)
1920 - 1929
Elias Olrik
(b. 1885 - d. 1975)
1929 - 1936
Hjalmar Ringberg
(b. 1889 - d. 1978)
1936 - 1945
Carl Aage Hilbert
(b. 1899 - d. 1953)
British Naval officers-in-charge
16 Apr 1940 - 1 Apr 1941 William Reginald Denys Crowther
(b. 1883 - d. 1974)
1 Apr 1941 - 27 Nov 1941 Richard Thornton Down
(b. 1882 - d. 1944)
27 Nov 1941 - 25 Feb 1945 Noel Marcus Francis Corbett
(b. 1887 - d. 1962)
25 Feb 1945 - Apr 1945
Horace George Gorton
(d. 1976)
Prefect
1945 - 1948
Cai A. Vagn-Hansen
(b. 1911 - d. 1990)
High Commissioners (Rigsombudsmand)
1948 - 1954
Cai A. Vagn-Hansen
(s.a.)
1954 - 1961
Niels Elkaer-Hansen
(b. 1915 - d. 2007)
1961 - 1972
Mogens Wahl
(b. 1918 - d. 1986)
1972 - 1981
Leif Groth
(b. 1930 - d. 2009)
1981 - 1988
Niels Bentsen
(b. 1936)
1988 - 1995
Bent Klinte
(b. 1939)
1995 - 1 Nov 2001
Vibeke Larsen (f)
(b. 1944)
1 Nov 2001 - 1 Aug 2005 Birgit Kleis (f)
(b. 1956)
1 Aug 2005 - 1 Jan 2008 Søren Christensen
(b. 1940)
1 Jan 2008 -
Dan M. Knudsen
(b. 1962)
Løgmenn
c.1000
Gilli
c.1300
Sjúrdur
c.1350
Símun
c.1400
Dagfinnur Halvdanarson
1412 - 14.. Haraldur
Kálvsson
c.1450
Roald
1479 - 1524
Jørundur Skógdrívsson
1524 - 1531
Tormódur Sigurdsson
(d. 1531)
1531 - 1544
Andras Guttormson
(b. c.1490 - d. 1544)
1544 - 1572
Guttormur Andrasson (d.
1572)
1572 - 1583
Jógvan Heinason (Joen Heinesen) (b. 1541 - d.
1602)
1583 - 1588
Ísak Guttormsson
1588 - 1601
Paetur Jákupsson
1601 - 1608
Tummas Símunarson
(d. 1608)
1608 - 1628
Zakaris Tórmódarson
(d. 1628)
1629 - 1654
Jógvan Justinusson
1654 - 1655
Jógvan Poulsen (1st time)
1655 - 1661
Balzer Jacobsen
1662 - 1677
Jógvan Poulsen (2nd time)
1677 - 1679
Jakup Jógvansson
1679 - 1706
Jóhan Hendrik Weyhe
1706 - 1752
Sámal Paetursson
(d. 1752)
1752 - 1769
Hanus Jákupsson Debes
(b. 1723 - d. 1769)
1769 - 1772
Thorkild Fjeldsted
(b. 1741 - d. 1796)
1772 - 1786
Jacob Hveding
1786 - 1805
Johan Michael Lund
(b. 1753 - d. 1824)
1806 - 1816
Jørgen Frants Hammershaimb
(b. 1767 - d. 1820)
1816 - 1946 Post
abolished
Chairman of the Lagting
18 Sep 1946 - 20 Sep 1946 Thorstein Petersen
(b. 1899 - d. 1960) VF/FF
Prime ministers
12 May 1948 - 15 Dec 1950 Andras Samuelsen
(b. 1873 - d. 1954) SF
15 Dec 1950 - 8 Jan 1959 Kristian Djurhuus (1st time)
(b. 1895 - d. 1984) SF
8 Jan 1959 - 4 Jan 1963 Peter Mohr Dam (1st time)
(b. 1898 - d. 1968) JF
4 Jan 1963 - 12 Jan 1967 Hákun Djurhuus
(b. 1908 - d. 1987) FF
12 Jan 1967 - 19 Nov 1968 Peter Mohr Dam (2nd time)
(s.a.)
JF
19 Nov 1968 - 12 Dec 1970 Kristian Djurhuus (2nd time)
(s.a.)
JF
12 Dec 1970 - 5 Jan 1981 Atli P. Dam (1st time)
(b. 1932 - d. 2005) JF
5 Jan 1981 - 10 Jan 1985 Pauli Ellefsen
(b. 1936 - d. 2012) JF
10 Jan 1985 - 18 Jan 1989 Atli P. Dam (2nd time)
(s.a.)
JF
18 Jan 1989 - 15 Jan 1991 Jógvan Sundstein
(b. 1933)
JF
15 Jan 1991 - 18 Jan 1993 Atli P. Dam (3rd time)
(s.a.)
JF
18 Jan 1993 - 15 Sep 1994 Marita Petersen (f)
(b. 1940 - d. 2001) JF
15 Sep 1994 - 15 May 1998 Edmund Joensen
(b. 1944)
SF
15 May 1998 - 3 Feb 2004 Anfinn Kallsberg
(b. 1947)
FF
3 Feb 2004 - 26 Sep 2008 Jóannes Eidesgaard
(b. 1951)
JF
26 Sep 2008 - Kaj Leo Johannesen
(b. 1964)
SF
Bailiffs¹ (Landfogeden/Landfúta)
1556 - 1569
Anders Jude
1573 - 1578
Joachim Thim
1579 - 1581
Mads Poulsøn
1582
Sören Christensøn Flue
1583 - 1584
Mikkel Ibsøön
1584
Niels Skinkel til Gierskov
1586 - 1587
Lyder Augustinssøn
1588 - 1591
Mads Batzersøn
1592 - 1593
Mogens Nielssøn
1593 - 1594
Sören Nielssøn (1st time)
1597
Strange Madssøn (1st time)
1598
Sören Nielssøn (2nd time)
1599 - 1619
Strange Madssøn (2nd time)
1620 - 1644
Mads Christensøn Gullandsfar
1645 - 1647
Hans Selmer
1648 - 1655
Christen Madssøn
1655
Baltzer Jacobsøn
1656 - 1664
Johan Heideman
1664 - 1674
Søren Pedersøn Skougaard
1675 - 1680
Christoffer Heideman
(b. c.1653 - d. 1703)
1680 - 1708/09
Hans Willumsøn
1708/09 - 1715
Jörgen Kristian Klein
1715 - 1723
Didrik Markussen
1723 - 1765
Jørgen Frands Hammershaimb (s.a.)
1765 - 1815
Venceslaus Hammershaimb (b. 1819
- d. 1909)
1816 - 1829
Hans Wilhelm Meyer
Underfogde¹ (deputy
chiefs of police)
1715 - 1750
Carl Hans Hypner
1750 - 1762
Frederik Carl Hammershaimb
1780 - 1785
Johan Joensen Aargaard
1785 - 1815
Børge Schultz
Sorenskriver¹ (judges)
1583 – 1584
Søren Christensen Flue
1584 - 1588
Gabriel Mitens
1588 - 1588
Mouritz Lauritsen
1588 - 1592
Mads Balzersen
1592 - 1604
Søren Nielsen Islaender
1604 - 1619
Gabriel Mitens
1621 - 1628
Hans Pedersen Morsing
1629 - 1641
Jacob Pedersen Morsing
1642 - 1645
Jacob Wilumsen
1646
Hans Madsen
1646 - 1669
Niels Jacobsen Glibre
1669 - 1674
Peder Sørensen Broberg (1st time)
1675 - 1676
Hans Joensen (acting)
1677 - 1694
Peder Sørensen Broberg (2nd time)
1694 - 1705
Morten Mortensen Høyvig
1705 - 1751
Frederik Schougaard
1751 - 1753
Frederik Jonassen
1753 - 1760
Joen Jacobsen Faerøe
1760 - 1775
Peder Samuelsen Weyhe
1775 - 1782
Peder Pedersen Weyhe
1790 – 1810
Lauritz Olsen
1810 – 1812
Jacob Nolsøe
(b. 1775 - d. 1869)
1812 – 1819
Søren Marius Sewel
¹The Danish officers in the Faroe Islands when the
governorship resided with the
governors of Iceland 1720 - 1776.
Territorial Disputes: Because anticipated offshore hydrocarbon
resources have not been realized, earlier Faroese proposals for full independence
have been deferred; Iceland, the U.K., and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim
that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm.
Party abbreviations: FF = Fólkaflokkurin
(People's Party, conservative, pro-independence);
JF = Foroya Javnaðarflokkurin (Faroese Social Democratic
Party, social-democratic);
MF = Miðflokkurin (Centre Party, christian-democratic);
SF = Sambandsflokkurin (Unionist Party, conservative); SSF
= Sjálvstýrisflokkurin (Home Rule Party, social-liberal);
TF = Tjóðveldisflokkurin (Party for People's Government-Republican
Party, socialist, pro-independence); VF = Vinnuflokkurin (Business
Party, liberal)
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