Jógvan Heinason
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Jógvan Heinason was First Minister of the Faroe Islands
from 1572 to 1583.
Jógvan Heinason was the son of the Norwegian priest Heine Havreki
and a Faroese women, Herborg from Húsavík
. The son of Heinason's Norwegian step mother, and Heinasons half brother, is the Faroe Islands' most famous seafarer, Magnus Heinason
.
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...
from 1572 to 1583.
Jógvan Heinason was the son of the Norwegian priest Heine Havreki
Heine Havreki
Heine Johnsøn Havreki or Heine the shipwrecked was a Norwegian emigrant to the Faroe islands, where he, following the Protestant Reformation, was one of the new followers of the Lutheran church. In 1540 he became the first Lutheran priest on the Faroes.-Early life:Havreki was the son of the...
and a Faroese women, Herborg from Húsavík
Húsavík, Faroe Islands
Húsavík is an old village in the Faroe Islands on the east of the Isle of Sandoy.*Population: 88*Postal code : FO 230*Location: *Municipality: Húsavikar...
. The son of Heinason's Norwegian step mother, and Heinasons half brother, is the Faroe Islands' most famous seafarer, Magnus Heinason
Magnus Heinason
Magnus Heinason was a Faroese naval hero, trader and privateer. He was the son of Heine Havreki, a Norwegian priest from Bergen who emigrated to the Faroe Islands and who helped introduce the Lutheran Reformation to the Faroe Islands, and Gyri Arnbjørnsdatter, Havreki's second wife from a...
.