- The Folketing before 1953
- The Landsting before 1953
- The Folketing after 1953
- References
{{Politics of the Faroe Islands}}List of Faroese members of the parliament of Denmark. The Faroe Islands elect two members for the Danish parliament.[1] From 1849 to 1953 the Folketing was one of the two houses in the bicameral parliament known as the Rigsdag; the other house was known as the Landsting. The Folketing before 1953 | Name | Party | Associated with | Period | Comments | | Niels Christopher Winther | Independent | 1851–1857 | | Enok Bærentsen | Independent | 1857–1858 | | Hans Christopher Müller | Independent | 1858–1864 | | Johannes Petersen | Independent | 1864–1866 | | Jacob Andreas Lunddahl | Independent | 1866–1869 | | Oliver Petræus Effersøe | Independent | 1869–1872 | | Bærent Bærentsen | Independent | 1872–1884 | | Johan Henrik Schrøter | Independent | 1884–1887 | | Hans Christopher Müller | Independent | 1887–1890 | | Thomas Thomsen | Independent | 1890–1898 | | Klæmint Olsen | Independent | 1898–1901 | | Jóannes Patursson[2] | Independent | Venstrereformpartiet | 1901–1906 | | Oliver Effersøe | Union Party | Venstre | 1906–1913 | Venstrereformpartiet before 1909 | | Andrass Samuelsen | Union Party | Venstre | 1913–1915 | | Edward Mitens | Self-Government Party | 1915–1918 | | Andrass Samuelsen | Union Party | Venstre | 1918–1939 | | Johan Poulsen | Union Party | Venstre | 1939–1943 | | Thorstein Petersen | People's Party | Conservative People's Party | 1943–1950 | Did not attend the meetings after 1947 (boycott) | | Peter Mohr Dam | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1948–1953 | | Johan Poulsen | Union Party | Venstre | 1950–1953 |
The Landsting before 1953 | Name | Party | Associated with | Period | Comments | | Johan Hendrik Weihe | Independent | 1851–1853 | | Carl Emil Dahlerup | Independent | 1855–1863 | | Peter Holten | Independent | 1862–1865 | | Andreas Christian Lützen | Independent | 1863–1864 | | Hans Christopher Müller | Independent | 1865–1886 | | Harald Emil Høst | Independent | 1884–1890 | | Klæmint Olsen | Independent | 1886–1894 | | Fríðrikur Petersen | Independent | 1894–1902 | | Christian Bærentsen | Independent | Venstrereformpartiet | 1902–1906 | | Fríðrikur Petersen | Union Party | Venstre | 1906–1914 | | Oliver Effersøe | Union Party | Venstre | 1914–1915 | | Fríðrikur Petersen | Union Party | Venstre | 1915–1917 | | Andrass Samuelsen | Union Party | Venstre | 1916–1917 | Suppleant | | Jóannes Patursson | Self-Government Party | Radikale Venstre | 1918–1920 | | Oliver Effersøe | Union Party | Venstre | 1920–1928 | | Jóannes Patursson | Self-Government Party | Not associated with any Danish party | 1928–1936 | | Oliver Effersøe | Union Party | Venstre | 1929–1933 | | Oliver Effersøe | Union Party | Venstre | 1936–1953 | Died in 1953 | | Hans Iversen | Union Party | Venstre | 1953 | Suppleant |
The Folketing after 1953 | Name | Party | Associated with | Period | Comments | | Johan Poulsen | Union Party | Venstre | 1953–1964 | | Peter Mohr Dam | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1953–1957 | | Hákun Djurhuus | People's Party | Conservative People's Party | 1957–1960 | | Johan Nielsen | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1960–1964 | | Peter Mohr Dam | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1964–1967 | | Poul Andreasen | People's Party | Conservative People's Party | 1964–1968 | | Johan Nielsen | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1967–1984 | Suppleant | | Hákun Djurhuus | People's Party | Conservative People's Party | 1968–1973 | | Erlendur Patursson | Republic | Not associated with any Danish party | 1973–1977 | | Pauli Ellefsen | Union Party | Venstre | 1977–1987 | | Jacob Lindenskov | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1979–1984 | | Johannes Martin Olsen | Union Party | Venstre | 1979–1998 | Suppleant | | Óli Breckmann | People's Party | Conservative People's Party | 1984–2001[3] | | Atli Dam | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1987–1988 | [4] | | Jacob Lindenskov | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1987–1988 | Suppleant for Atli Dam | | Pauli Ellefsen | Union Party | Venstre | 1988–1990 | | Atli Dam | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1990–1994 | | Jacob Lindenskov | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1990–1993 | Suppleant | | Edmund Joensen | Union Party | Venstre | 1994–1998 | | Jóannes Eidesgaard | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 1998–2001 | | Høgni Hoydal | Republic | The North Atlantic Group | 2001–2011 | | Lisbeth L. Petersen | Union Party | Venstre | 2001–2005 | | Tórbjørn Jacobsen | Republic | The North Atlantic Group | 2001–2004 | Suppleant for Høgni Hoydal[5] | | Anfinn Kallsberg[6] | People's Party | Conservative People's Party | 2005–2007 | | Edmund Joensen[7] | Union Party | Venstre | 2007– | | Sjúrður Skaale | Republic | The North Atlantic Group | 2007–2008 | Suppleant | | Annita á Fríðriksmørk | Tjóðveldi | The North Atlantic Group | 2008 | Suppleant for Høgni Hoydal[8] | | Sjúrður Skaale[9] | Social Democratic Party | Social Democrats | 2011– |
References 1. ^Britannica.com (see "Government and society")
2. ^Sjalvstyri.fo (about the history of the Self-Government Party, written in Faroese) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112193242/http://www.sjalvstyri.fo/sjalvstyrisflokkurinfo/Default.asp?pg=%7BF6B9514C-9FDF-4596-935F-8BE33F14D029%7D |date=2014-01-12 }}
3. ^Denstoredanske.dk (Danish encyclopedia)
4. ^Information.dk (article in the Danish newspaper Information)
5. ^B.dk (the Danish newspaper Berligske)
6. ^FT.dk, Anfinn Kallsberg (FF)
7. ^Ft.dk, Edmund Joensen (SP)
8. ^Ft.dk, Annita á Fríðriksmørk (TF)
9. ^Ft.dk, Sjúrður Skaale (JF) (in Danish)
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