Roald was, around the year 1450, Lawman (or

Lawspeaker A lawspeaker or lawman ( Swedish: ''lagman'', Old Swedish: ''laghmaþer'' or ''laghman'', Danish: ''lovsigemand'', Norwegian: ''lagmann'', Icelandic: , Faroese: '' løgmaður'', Finnish: ''laamanni'', ) is a unique Scandinavian legal offic ...

) of the

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. Little is known about Roald, apart from that he had a farm in Dalur, and that he probably originated from

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. In G.V.C. Young's textbook, ''Færøerne – fra vikingetiden til reformationen'', Roald is not named. However, in the Lagting's official list of First Ministers, he is included.''Løgtingið 150 – Hátíðarrit''. Tórshavn 2002, Bind 2, S. 366. (Section ''First Ministers of the Faroes up to 1816'')
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*G. V. C. Young:
Færøerne – fra vikingetiden til reformationen
'. København 1982. s. 88 Faroese people of Scottish descent Lawmen of the Faroe Islands 15th-century Norwegian people Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Faroes-politician-stub