List of Faroese members of the Folketing

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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

↑ Britannica.com (see "Government and society")
↑ Sjalvstyri.fo (about the history of the Self-Government Party, written in Faroese)
↑ Denstoredanske.dk (Danish encyclopedia)
↑ Information.dk (article in the Danish newspaper Information)
↑ B.dk (the Danish newspaper Berligske)
↑ FT.dk, Anfinn Kallsberg (FF)
↑ Ft.dk, Edmund Joensen (SP)
↑ Ft.dk, Annita á Fríðriksmørk (TF)
↑ Ft.dk, Sjúrður Skaale (JF) (in Danish)

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