List of Faroese members of the Folketing

This is a list of Faroese members of the Folketing, the parliament of Denmark. Under the 1953 Constitution, the Faroe Islands elect two members of the Folketing.Britannica.com (see "Government and society") 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. Greenland also elects two members of the Folketing, which alongside the Faroese members are called the North Atlantic mandates (da).

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 PaturssonSjalvstyri.fo (about the history of the Self-Government Party, written in Faroese) 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 Abstained after 1947 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 Substitute 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 Substitute

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 Substitute 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 Substitute Óli Breckmann People's Party Conservative People's Party 1984–2001Denstoredanske.dk (Danish encyclopedia) Atli Dam Social Democratic Party Social Democrats 1987–1988Information.dk (article in the Danish newspaper Information) Jacob Lindenskov Social Democratic Party Social Democrats 1987–1988 Substitute 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 Substitute 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 Substitute for Høgni HoydalB.dk (the Danish newspaper Berligske) Anfinn KallsbergFT.dk, Anfinn Kallsberg (FF) People's Party Conservative People's Party 2005–2007 Edmund JoensenFt.dk, Edmund Joensen (SP) Union Party Venstre 2007–2022 Sjúrður Skaale Republic The North Atlantic Group 2007–2008 Substitute Annita á Fríðriksmørk Tjóðveldi The North Atlantic Group 2008 Substitute for Høgni HoydaltheDanishParliament.dk, Annita á Fríðriksmørk (TF) Sjúrður SkaaleFt.dk, Sjúrður Skaale (JF) (in Danish) Social Democratic Party Social Democrats 2011– Anna Falkenberg Union Party Venstre 2022–

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