| Post: | Prime Minister |
| Body: | the Faroe Islands |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100 |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands |
| Flag: | Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg |
| Flagsize: | 125 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Faroe Islands |
| Incumbent: | Aksel V. Johannesen |
| Incumbentsince: | 22 December 2022 |
| Department: | Cabinet of the Faroe Islands Government of the Faroe Islands |
| Member Of: | Løgting |
| Formation: | |
| First: | Gilli Andrass Samuelsen |
| Deputy: | Deputy Prime Minister |
The prime minister of the Faroe Islands is the head of government of the Faroe Islands.[1]
The Faroese term Faroese: løgmaður (plural: Faroese: løgmenn) literally means "lawman" and originally referred to the legal function of lawspeaker. This old title was brought back into use to refer to the head of government after the islands obtained Home Rule in 1948. In recent decades the Faroese government has started using "Prime Minister" as the official English translation of Faroese: løgmaður, reflecting the increased autonomy of the islands. This translation does not apply to the pre-1816 office, only the modern leaders of the Faroese government.
Many of the earlier holders of this position are not known.
| Name | Born–Died | Term of Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilli | 1000 | ||
| Sjúrður | 1300 | ||
| Símun | 1350 | ||
| Dagfinnur Halvdanarson | 1400 | ||
| Haraldur Kálvsson | 1412 | ||
| Roald | 1450 | ||
| Jørundur Skógdrívsson | 1479–1524 | ||
| Tórmóður Sigurðsson | 1524–1531 | ||
| Andras Guttormsson | 1490–1543 | 1531–1544 | |
| Guttormur Andrasson | Died 1572 | 1544–1572 | |
| Jógvan Heinason | 1541–1602 | 1572–1583 | |
| Ísak Guttormsson | Died 1587 | 1583–1588 | |
| Pætur Jákupsson | 1588–1601 | ||
| Tummas Símunarson | Died 1608 | 1601–1608 | |
| Zakarias Tormóðsson | Died 1628 | 1608–1628 | |
| Jógvan Justinusson | Died 1654 | 1629–1654 | |
| Jógvan Poulsen (1st time) | 1654–1655 | ||
| Balzer Jacobsen | 1655–1661 | ||
| Jógvan Poulsen (2nd time) | 1662–1677 | ||
| Jákup Jógvansson | 1677–1679 | ||
| Jóhan Hendrik Weyhe | 1679–1706 | ||
| Sámal Pætursson Lamhauge | Died 1752 | 1706–1752 | |
| Hans Jákupsson Debes | 1723–1769 | 1752–1769 | |
| Thorkild Fjeldsted | 1741–1796 | 1769–1772 | |
| Jacob Hveding | 1772–1786 | ||
| Johan Michael Lund | 1753–1824 | 1786–1808 | |
| Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb | 1767–1820 | 1808–1816 |
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Election | Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Andrass Samuelsen (1873–1954) | 12 May 1948 | 15 December 1950 | Union Party | 1946 | Samuelsen | ||
| 2 | Kristian Djurhuus (1895–1984) | 15 December 1950 | 8 January 1959 | Union Party | 1950 1954 | Djurhuus I–II | ||
| 3 | Peter Mohr Dam (1898–1968) | 8 January 1959 | 4 January 1963 | Social Democratic Party | 1958 | |||
| 4 | Hákun Djurhuus (1908–1987) | 4 January 1963 | 12 January 1967 | People's Party | 1962 | |||
| Peter Mohr Dam (1898–1968) | 12 January 1967 | 19 November 1968 | Social Democratic Party | 1966 | ||||
| Kristian Djurhuus (1895–1984) | 19 November 1968 | 12 December 1970 | Union Party | 1966 | ||||
| 5 | Atli Dam (1932–2005) | 12 December 1970 | 5 January 1981 | Social Democratic Party | 1970 1974 1978 | |||
| 6 | Pauli Ellefsen (1936–2012) | 5 January 1981 | 10 January 1985 | Union Party | 1980 | |||
| Atli Dam (1932–2005) | 10 January 1985 | 18 January 1989 | Social Democratic Party | 1984 | ||||
| 7 | Jógvan Sundstein (1933–2024) | 18 January 1989 | 15 January 1991 | People's Party | 1988 | |||
| Atli Dam (1932–2005) | 15 January 1991 | 18 January 1993 | Social Democratic Party | 1990 | ||||
| 8 | Marita Petersen (1940–2001) | 18 January 1993 | 15 September 1994 | Social Democratic Party | 1990 | |||
| 9 | Edmund Joensen (1944–) | 15 September 1994 | 15 May 1998 | Union Party | 1994 | Joensen I–II | ||
| 10 | Anfinn Kallsberg (1947–2024) | 15 May 1998 | 3 February 2004 | People's Party | 1998 2002 | Kallsberg I–II | ||
| 11 | Jóannes Eidesgaard (1951–) | 3 February 2004 | 26 September 2008 | Social Democratic Party | 2004 | Eidesgaard I–II | ||
| 12 | Kaj Leo Johannesen (1964–) | 26 September 2008 | 15 September 2015 | Union Party | 2008 2011 | Leo Johannesen I–II | ||
| 13 | Aksel V. Johannesen (1972–) | 15 September 2015 | 16 September 2019 | Social Democratic Party | 2015 | Aksel Johannesen | ||
| 14 | Bárður á Steig Nielsen (1972–) | 16 September 2019 | 22 December 2022 | Union Party | 2019 | Steig Nielsen | ||
| Aksel V. Johannesen (1972–) | 22 December 2022 | Incumbent | Social Democratic Party | 2022 | Aksel Johannesen II[2] | |||