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 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.

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