A ''Landfoged'' (Icelandic: ; Danish: ; Faroese: ) was a civil servant who saw to the finances of the Danish king in islands such as

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

and the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...

, collecting revenue for the whole country. The usual English translation is ' sheriff'.

Iceland

In Iceland, he was treasurer of the , and had to control the property of the king in Iceland, taxes and other payments, and manage fisheries of the king at Suðurnes. The collected taxes in Gullbringusýsla and was police chief in

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

. He had to make sure the trade legislation would be obeyed. These are Iceland's :Einar Laxness: ''Íslandssaga a-ö'', 2. vols (Reykjavík: Vaka-Helgafell, 1995). * Kristofer Heidemann (1683–1693) * Andrés Iversen (1693–1695) * Jens Jörgensen (1695–1702) * Páll Pétursson Beyer (1702–1717) * Kornelíus Wulf (1717–1727) * Kristján Luxdorf (1727–1739) * Kristján Drese (1739–1749) * Guðni Sigurðsson (1749) * Skúli Magnússon (1749–1793) * Jón Skúlason (deputy ) (1763–1786) * Hans Jakob Líndal (1786–1787) * Magnús Stephensen (1793–1794) * Paul M. Finne (1794–1804) * Rasmus Frydensberg (1804–1813) * Sigurður Thorgrímsen (1813–1828) * Christian Ulstrup (1828–1836) * Ólafur H. Finsen (1831–1832) * Þórður Sveinbjörnsson (1835–1836) * Stefán Gunnlaugsson (1836) * Morten Hansen Tvede (1836–1838) * Stefán Gunnlaugsson (1838–1849) * Kristján Kristjánsson (1849–1851) * (1851–1852) * Vilhjálmur Finsen (1852–1860) * Hermanníus E. Johnson (1859–1861) * Árni Thorsteinson (1861–1904)

Faroe Islands

In the Faroes today, the is the name of the Faroese Police, and the head of the police. Previously, he received the taxes from the '' sysselmand'' and delivered the proceeds to the '' stiftamtmand'' of the

Danish West Indies The Danish West Indies ( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with ; Saint John ( da, St. Jan) with ; and Saint Croix with . The ...

Saint John

* () Hans Wilhelm Koch * () Ditlev Nicolay Friis * (-1774) Carl Frederich Weyle * (1787-1819) Sophus Emil Zielian

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

North Dithmarschen

* (-1585) Marcus Swin * (1671 - ) Heinrich Christian Boie * () Christian Mathias Jakob Johannsen

South Dithmarschen

* () Peter Bogislaus Carstens * (1806-) Johan Christian Friedrich Heinzelmann

Sild

* () Johann Friedrich Jensen * (1830 - ) Uwe Jens Lornsen

Ærø Ærø () is one of the Danish Baltic Sea islands, and part of the Southern Denmark Region. Since 1 January 2006 the whole of Ærø has constituted a single municipality, known as Ærø Kommune. Before that date, there were two municipalities ...

A ''landfoged'' office on Ærø was introduced in 1773. * (1773-1774) Johann Heinrich Prehn * (5 Marh 1784 - ?) Johann Georg Tilemann * Peter Bogislaus Carstens

References

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