List of lawmen and prime ministers of the Faroe Islands

This is a list of lawmen and prime ministers of the Faroe Islands.

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 holder	Gilli Andrass Samuelsen
Formation	c. 1000 12 May 1948
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister 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
1	12 May 1948	15 December 1950		Andrass Samuelsen (1873–1954)	Union Party	1946
2	15 December 1950	8 January 1959		Kristian Djurhuus (1895–1984)	Union Party	1950 1954
3	8 January 1959	4 January 1963		Peter Mohr Dam (1898–1968)	Social Democratic Party	1958
4	4 January 1963	12 January 1967		Hákun Djurhuus (1908–1987)	People's Party	1962
(3)	12 January 1967	19 November 1968		Peter Mohr Dam (1898–1968)	Social Democratic Party	1966
(2)	19 November 1968	12 December 1970		Kristian Djurhuus (1895–1984)	Union Party	1966
5	12 December 1970	5 January 1981		Atli Dam (1932–2005)	Social Democratic Party	1970 1974 1978
6	5 January 1981	10 January 1985		Pauli Ellefsen (1936–2012)	Union Party	1980
(5)	10 January 1985	18 January 1989		Atli Dam (1932–2005)	Social Democratic Party	1984
7	18 January 1989	15 January 1991		Jógvan Sundstein (1933– )	People's Party	1988
(5)	15 January 1991	18 January 1993		Atli Dam (1932–2005)	Social Democratic Party	1990
8	18 January 1993	15 September 1994		Marita Petersen (1940–2001)	Social Democratic Party	1990
9	15 September 1994	15 May 1998		Edmund Joensen (1944– )	Union Party	1994
10	15 May 1998	3 February 2004		Anfinn Kallsberg (1947– )	People's Party	1998 2002
11	3 February 2004	26 September 2008		Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951– )	Social Democratic Party	2004
12	26 September 2008	15 September 2015		Kaj Leo Johannesen (1964– )	Union Party	2008 2011
13	15 September 2015	16 September 2019		Aksel V. Johannesen (1972– )	Social Democratic Party	2015
14	16 September 2019	Incumbent		Bárður á Steig Nielsen (1972– )	Union Party	2019

See also

• Politics of the Faroe Islands
• List of deputy prime ministers of the Faroe Islands