List of speakers of the Løgting of the Faroe Islands

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List of speakers of the Løgting of the Faroe Islands. Speaker is the presiding office in Løgting.

Below is a list of office-holders:^[1]

Name	Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Party
Amtmaður of the Faroes (The Governor)		1852	1923
Oliver Effersøe		1924	1928		Sambandsflokkurin
Edward Mitens [da]		1928	1930		Sjálvstýrisflokkin
Oliver Effersøe		1930	1932		Sambandsflokkurin
Johan Poulsen		1932	1936		Sambandsflokkurin
Edward Mitens [da]		1936	1940		Sjálvstýrisflokkin
Johan H. Danbjørg		1940	1943		Javnaðarflokkurin
Thorstein Petersen [de]		1943	1945		Fólkaflokkurin
Kristian Djurhuus		1945	1945		Sambandsflokkurin
Thorstein Petersen [de]		1945	1946		Fólkaflokkurin
Jákup Frederik Øregaard [da]		1946	1950		Javnaðarflokkurin
Thorstein Petersen [de]		1950	1950		Fólkaflokkurin
Hákun Djurhuus		1950	1951		Fólkaflokkurin
Johan Poulsen		1951	1958		Sambandsflokkurin
Jákup Frederik Øregaard [da]		1958	1963		Javnaðarflokkurin
Sámal Petersen [no]		1963	1966		Sjálvstýrisflokkin
Jákup Frederik Øregaard [da]		1966	1978		Javnaðarflokkin
Agnar Nielsen [fo]		1978	1979		Sambandsflokkurin
Hilmar Bech [da]		1979	1980		Javnaðarflokkurin
Jógvan Sundstein		1980	1984		Fólkaflokkurin
Jacob Lindenskov [no]		1984	1987		Javnaðarflokkurin
Hergeir Nielsen [no]		1987	1988		Tjóðveldisflokkurin
Jógvan Sundstein		1988	1989		Fólkaflokkurin
Hergeir Nielsen [no]		1989	1990		Tjóðveldisflokkurin
Jørgin Thomsen		1990	1991		Javnaðarflokkurin
Anfinn Kallsberg		1991	1993		Fólkaflokkurin
Lasse Klein [da]		1993	1994		Javnaðarflokkurin
Jógvan Ingvard Olsen [fo]		1994	1994		Sambandsflokkurin
Marita Petersen		1994	1995		Javnaðarflokkurin
Jógvan Ingvard Olsen [fo]		1995	1998		Sambandsflokkurin
Finnbogi Ísakson		1998	2002		Tjóðveldisflokkurin
Edmund Joensen		2002	2008		Sambandsflokkurin
Hergeir Nielsen [no]		2008	2011		Tjóðveldisflokkurin
Jógvan á Lakjuni		2011	2015		Fólkaflokkurin
Páll á Reynatúgvu		2015	2019		Tjóðveldisflokkurin
Jógvan á Lakjuni		2019	2022		Fólkaflokkurin
Bjørt Samuelsen		2022	now		Tjóðveldisflokkurin

References

See also

• Politics of the Faroe Islands