Jógvan Heinason

Politician

1541 – 1602

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Who was Jógvan Heinason?

Jógvan Heinason was First Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1572 to 1583.

Jógvan Heinason was the son of the Norwegian priest Heine Havreki and a Faroese women, Herborg from Húsavík. The son of Heinason's Norwegian step mother, and Heinasons half brother, is the Faroe Islands' most famous seafarer, Magnus Heinason.

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Born
1541
Nationality
  • Denmark
Died
1602

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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