Jógvan Heinason Explained

Jógvan Heinason
Nationality:Faroese
Office:Lawman of the Faroe Islands
Termstart:1572
Termend:1583
Parents:Heine Havreki (father)
Herborg (mother)
Relations:Magnus Heinason (half-brother)
Predecessor:Guttormur Andrasson
Successor:Ísak Guttormsson

Jógvan Heinason (1541–1602) was Lawman (prime 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 Jógvan Heinason's Norwegian step mother, and half brother, was the Faroe Islands' most famous seafarer, Magnus Heinason.

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