Andras Guttormsson
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Andras Guttormsson, lived around 1490 to 1544, was, from 1531 to 1544, First Minister of the Faroe Islands
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Guttormsson lived in Kálgarður, Sumba
, Faroe Islands
, but came from Norway
. Andreas Guttormsson is the father of Guttormur Andrasson
, who followed him in the post.
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
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Guttormsson lived in Kálgarður, Sumba
Sumba
Sumba is an island in eastern Indonesia, is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, and is in the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Sumba has an area of 11,153 km², and the population was officially at 611,422 in 2005...
, Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
, but came from Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Andreas Guttormsson is the father of Guttormur Andrasson
Guttormur Andrasson
Guttormur Andrasson, died 1572 in Bergen, was, from 1544 to 1572, First Minister of the Faroe Islands.Guttormur Andrasson was the son of previous First Minister Andras Guttormsson from Sumba, and father of later First Minister Ísak Guttormsson.-References:...
, who followed him in the post.