Jógvan Heinason (1541–1602) was Lawman (prime minister) of the

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from 1572 to 1583. Jógvan Heinason was the son of the Norwegian priest

Heine Havreki Heine Johnsøn Havreki (1514–1576) or ''Heine the shipwrecked'' was a Norwegian born Lutheran pastor who helped introduce the Protestant Reformation on the Faroe Islands. Biography Heine Johnsøn was reportedly born in Bergen, Norway the son ...

and a Faroese women, Herborg from

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. The son of Jógvan Heinason's Norwegian step mother, and half brother, was the Faroe Islands' most famous seafarer,

Magnus Heinason Magnus Heinason (Mogens Heinesøn) (1548 – 18 January 1589) was a Faroese naval hero, trader and privateer. Magnus Heinason served William the Silent and his son Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange for 10 years as a privateer, fighting t ...

References

*G.V.C. Young's textbook Færøerne - fra vikingetiden til reformationen, 1982 *''Løgtingið 150 - Hátíðarrit''. Tórshavn 2002, Bind 2, S. 366. (Avsnitt ''Føroya løgmenn fram til 1816'')
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1541 births 1602 deaths Lawmen of the Faroe Islands 16th-century Norwegian people {{Faroes-politician-stub