Jógvan Poulsen,
Prime Minister

Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

This is a list of Prime Ministers of the Faroe Islands.The Faroese term for the function, Løgmaður literally means "Lawman".-First Ministers :-First Ministers :-See also:...

 of the 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...

 twice, from 1654 to 1655, and from 1662 to 1677.

Jógvan Poulsen was Faroese, and married the daughter of former Prime Minister Jógvan Justinusson

Jógvan Justinusson

Jógvan Justinusson was, from 1629 to 1654, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.Justinusson came from Hattarvík in the Faroe Islands. Before he became Prime Minister, he also spent time sitting as part of the Faroese Løgting.-References:...

. Poulsen was raised on a farm in Oyri

Oyri

Oyri is a village on the central west coast of the Faroese island Eysturoy in the Sunda municipality. The 2005 population was 142. Its postal code is FO 450. The village is south of the Eysturoy-to-Streymoy bridge, and is home to a large fish processing plant.The name Oyri is usually translated as...

, before he became elected to leader of the Lagting. King Frederik III did not like Poulsen as Prime Minister, and replaced him with the Dane Balzer Jacobsen

Balzer Jacobsen

Balzer Jacobsen, was Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1655 to 1661.Balzer Jacobsen was Danish, and was put in place by King Frederik III against the will of the Faroese Lagting. Jacobsen was first and foremost one of Christoffer Gabel's men, who was vogt of the Faroe Islands. Gabel also had...

, one of Christoffer Gabel's supporters. Gabel at this time had a monopoly on trade to and from the Faroe Islands, so this made a much better situation for him. Jacobsen was Prime Minister until 1661, when Jógvan Poulsen again took over.

His son, Jákup Jógvansson

Jákup Jógvansson

Jákup Jógvansson,Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1677 to 1679.Jákup Jógvansson was Faroese, and son of former Prime Minister Jógvan Poulsen. Jógvansson had also been a sysselmann on Sandoy. He lived and worked on the farm of Dalsgarður in Skálavík.-References:*Løgtingið 150 - Hátíðarrit....

, later also became Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.