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.