Føroyar / Færøerne
650 - 825 Settlement by Celtic monks
825 Norse conquest
970 - 1280 Republic
1035 Part of Norway
11 Sep 1380 - Part of Denmark
1655 - 1708 Granted as a feudal possession of the von Gabel family
06 Mar 1720 - 06 Mar 1775 Administered as part of Iceland
1776 - 1816 Part of Sjaelland county
24 Jan 1814 Danish possession confirmed by Treaty of Kiel
1816 Separate county of Denmark
12 Apr 1940 - 16 Sep 1945 British occupation
14 Sep 1946 Referendum supports independence by 48%
18 Sep 1946 Independence declared
20 Sep 1946 Independence declaration annulled by Denmark
01 Sep 1948 - Self government
Rulers
800 Grim Kamban
965 Halfgrim
965 Breste Gataskeggi
965 Breine Gataskeggi
1000 Sigmundur Brestisson
1000 Tróndur i Gotu
1000 Leif Ossurson
Governors
06 Jan 1655 - 18 Apr 1670 Christoffer von Gabel ........... 1617-1673
18 Apr 1671 - 21 Jun 1708 Frederik von Gabel .............. 1645-1708
16 Apr 1709 - 1715 Jørgen Kristian Klein
16 Apr 1709 - 06 Mar 1720 Rasmus Juel
16 Apr 1709 - 06 Mar 1720 Samuel Pedersen
1715 - 06 Mar 1720 Didrik Markussen
County Governors
06 Jul 1816 - 01 Jul 1828 Emilius Marius Georgius Løbner .. 1766-1849
01 Jul 1828 - 16 Feb 1830 Ludvig Christian Tillisch ....... 1797-1844
27 Mar 1830 - 15 Apr 1837 Frederik Ferdinand Tillisch ..... 1801-1889
08 Jul 1837 - 31 Dec 1848 Christian Pløyen ................ 1803-1867
01 Jan 1849 - 1862 Carl Emil Dahlerup .............. 1813-1890
1862 - 1871 Peter Holten .................... 1816-1892
1871 - 1885 Hannes Christian Steingrim Finsen 1828-1892
1885 - 1897 Lorens Høyer Buchwaldt .......... 1841-1933
1897 - 1911 Christian Baerentsen ............ 1862-1944
1911 - 1918 Svenning Krag Nielsen Rytter .... 1875-1955
1918 - 1920 Victor Stahlschmidth ............ 1884-1920
1920 - 1929 Elias Olrik ..................... 1885-1975
1929 - 1936 Hjalmar Ringberg ................ 1889-1978
1936 - 1940 Carl Aage Hilbert ............... 1899-1953
High Commissioners
1945 - 1954 Cai A. Vagn-Hansen .............. 1911-1990
1954 - 1961 Niels Elkær-Hansen .............. 1915-2007
1961 - 1971 Mogens Wahl ..................... 1918-1986
1971 - 1981 Leif Groth ...................... 1930-2009
1981 - 1988 Niels Bentsen ................... 1936-2017
1988 - 1995 Bent Klinte ..................... 1939-
1995 - 31 Oct 2001 Vibeke Larsen ................... 1944-
01 Nov 2001 - 31 Jul 2005 Birgit Kleis .................... 1956-
01 Aug 2005 - 31 Dec 2007 Søren Christensen ............... 1940-
01 Jan 2008 - 15 May 2017 Daniel Michael Knudson .......... 1962-
15 May 2017 - Lene Moyell Johansen ............ 1968-
Prime Ministers
18 Sep - 20 Sep 1946 Thorstein Petersen .............. 1899-1960
(Chairman of the Lagting)
20 Sep 1948 - 15 Dec 1950 Andras Samuelsen ................ 1895-1984
15 Dec 1950 - 08 Jan 1959 Kristian Djurhuns (1st Time) .... 1898-1968
08 Jan 1959 - 04 Jan 1963 Peter Mohr Dam (1st Time) ....... 1908-1967
04 Jan 1963 - 12 Jan 1967 Hákun Djurhuns .................. 1908-1987
12 Jan 1967 - 19 Nov 1968 Peter Mohr Dam (2nd Time)
19 Nov 1968 - 12 Dec 1970 Kristian Djurhuns (2nd Time)
12 Dec 1970 - 05 Jan 1981 Atli Paeturssonur Dam ........... 1932-2005
(1st Time)
05 Jan 1981 - 10 Jan 1985 Pauli Ellefsen .................. 1936-2012
10 Jan 1985 - 15 May 1989 Atli Paeturssonur Dam (2nd Time)
18 Jan 1989 - 15 Jan 1991 Jógvan Sundstein ................ 1933-2024
15 Jan 1991 - 18 Jan 1993 Atli Paeturssonur Dam (3rd Time)
18 Jan 1993 - 15 Sep 1994 Marita Petersen ................. 1940-2001
15 Sep 1994 - 15 May 1998 Edmund Esbern Johannes Joensen .. 1944-
15 May 1998 - 03 Feb 2004 Anfinn Kallsberg ................ 1947-2024
04 Feb 2004 - 26 Sep 2008 Jóannes Dan Eidesgaard .......... 1951-
26 Sep 2008 - 15 Sep 2015 Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen ......... 1964-
15 Sep 2015 - 16 Sep 2019 Aksel Vilhelmsson Johannesen .... 1972-
16 Sep 2019 - 22 Dec 2022 Bárdur á Steig Nielsen .......... 1972-
22 Dec 2022 - Aksel Vilhelmsson Johannesen (2nd Time)
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