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
[edit]Name | Party | Associated with | Period | Comments |
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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
[edit]Name | Party | Associated with | Period | Comments |
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Britannica.com (see "Government and society")
- ^ Sjalvstyri.fo (about the history of the Self-Government Party, written in Faroese) Archived 2014-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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)
- ^ theDanishParliament.dk, Annita á Fríðriksmørk (TF)
- ^ Ft.dk, Sjúrður Skaale (JF) (in Danish)