Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb | |
Nationality: | Faroese |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1767 |
Office: | Lawman of the Faroe Islands |
Termstart: | 1805 |
Termend: | 1816 |
Predecessor: | Johan Michael Lund |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Successor: | Position abolished |
Children: | Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (son) |
Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb (6 July 1767[1] - 24 May 1820) was a Faroese lawyer. He was Lawman (prime minister) of the Faroe Islands from 1805 to 1816. Hammershaimb was the last Lawman before the position was abolished.
Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb was the father of Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb,[2] who set the rules and orthography for the modern Faroese language.[3]