Jógvan Poulsen (Løgmaður)

Jógvan Poulsen or Pálsson was Løgmaður of the Faroe Islands from 1654–55 and 1662–77 .

Jógvan Poulsen was married to Jógvan Justinusson's daughter. He was a farmer in Oyri . In 1654 he was elected chairman by the Løgting , but the Danish King Friedrich III. had something against it and in 1655 obtained the appointment of the Dane Balzer Jacobsen . This was the beginning of the fork time , the darkest chapter in the history of the Faroe Islands .

His son Jákup Jógvansson followed him from 1677 to 1679 in the office of Løgmaður. His successor was Jóhan Hendrik Weyhe in 1679 , who was married to Jógvan Poulsen's daughter Maren.

literature

Løgtingið 150 - Hátíðarrit. 150 ár liðin, síðani Løgtingið varð endurstovnað. (PDF) . Volume 2 Løgtingið, Tórshavn 2002, page 366 (section Føroya løgmenn fram til 1816.). logting.fo. Archived from the original on September 27, 2006. (in Faroese)

personal data
SURNAME	Poulsen, Jógvan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pálsson, Jógvan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Løgmaður of the Faroe Islands
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century
DATE OF DEATH	17th century