Andras Guttormsson

Official seal of Andras Guttormsson, which has been preserved on a letter dated August 15, 1533. It shows the ram, the heraldic animal of the Faroe Islands and the inscription S [igillum] Logretv Manna "Seal of the Lagmann".

Andras Guttormsson or Andreas Guttormsen (* around 1490; † 1544 ) was Løgmaður (Lagmann) of the Faroe Islands from 1531 to 1544 .

Andras Guttormsson probably comes from Norway and was the son of the Lagmann Guttorm there . He was appointed Lagmann of the Faroe Islands by the Danish-Norwegian King Frederik I in December 1531 and had his seat on the farm Kálgarður in Sumba , in the far south of the islands.

According to a historically undetectable tradition, Andras is said to have committed a criminal offense at some point during his tenure, and his son Guttormur Andrasson is said to have gone to the king in Denmark to ensure that his father could continue to be Løgmaður.

literature

Hans Jacob Debes : Føroya søga. Volume 2: Skattland og len. Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur, Tórshavn 1995, ISBN 99918-0-060-3 ( archive.org , Google Books ).
GVC Young : From the Vikings to the Reformation. A chronicle of the Faroe Islands up to 1538. Shearwater Press, Douglas / Isle of Man 1979, ISBN 0-904980-20-0 ( Google Books ).

Individual evidence

↑ Føroya Soga 2 , S. 61
↑ Føroya Soga 2 , S. 58
^ From the Vikings to the Reformation, p. 86

personal data
SURNAME	Guttormsson, Andras
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Løgmaður of the Faroe Islands
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1490
DATE OF DEATH	1544

[1] Føroya Soga 2 , S. 61

[2] Føroya Soga 2 , S. 58

[3] From the Vikings to the Reformation, p. 86