650 - 825 Settlement by Celtic monks

825       Norse conquest

970 -1280 Republic

1380-     Part of Denmark

1816      Separat colony of Denmark

1940-1945 British occupation

1946      Independence declared but annulled by Denmark

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

1655-1671 von Gabel, Christofer

1671-1708 von Gabel, Frederik

 

High Commissioners

       1945 -        1954 Cai A. Vagn-Hansen .............. 1911-1990

       1954 -        1961 Niels Elkćr-Hansen .............. 1915-2007

       1961 -        1971 Mogens Wahl ..................... 1918-1986

       1971 -        1981 Leif Groth ...................... 1930-2009

       1981 -        1988 Niels Bentsen

       1988 -        1995 Bent Klinte

       1995 - 31 Oct 2001 Vibeke Larsen

01 Nov 2001 - 31 Jul 2005 Birgit Kleis

01 Aug 2005 - 31 Dec 2007 Sřren Christensen

01 Jan 2008 -             Daniel Michael Knudson

 

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 ............... 1898-1968

                          (1st Time)

08 Jan 1959 - 04 Jan 1963 Peter Mohr Dam .................. 1908-1967

                          (1st Time)

04 Jan 1963 - 12 Jan 1967 Hákun Djurhuns

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

10 Jan 1985 - 15 May 1989 Atli Paeturssonur Dam (2nd Time)

18 Jan 1989 - 15 Jan 1991 Jógvan Sundstein

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

15 May 1998 - 03 Feb 2004 Anfinn Kallsberg

04 Feb 2004 - 26 Sep 2008 Jóannes Dan Eidesgaard

26 Sep 2008 -             Kaj Leo Johannesen