List of speakers of the Løgting of the Faroe Islands

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List of speakers of the Løgting of the Faroe Islands. Speaker is the presiding office in Løgting.

Below is a list of office-holders:^[1]

Name	Entered office	Left office
Amtmaður of the Faroes (The Governor)	1852	1923
Oliver Effersøe	1924	1928	Sambandsflokkurin
Edward Mitens [da]	1928	1930	Sjálvstýrisflokkin
Oliver Effersøe	1930	1932	Sambandsflokkurin
Johan Poulsen	1932	1936	Sambandsflokkurin
Edward Mitens [da]	1936	1940	Sjálvstýrisflokkin
Johan H. Danbjørg	1940	1943	Javnaðarflokkurin
Thorstein Petersen [de]	1943	1945	Fólkaflokkurin
Kristian Djurhuus	1945	1945	Sambandsflokkurin
Thorstein Petersen [de]	1945	1946	Fólkaflokkurin
Jákup Frederik Øregaard [da]	1946	1950	Javnaðarflokkurin
Thorstein Petersen [de]	1950	1950	Fólkaflokkurin
Hákun Djurhuus	1950	1951	Fólkaflokkurin
Johan Poulsen	1951	1958	Sambandsflokkurin
Jákup Frederik Øregaard [da]	1958	1963	Javnaðarflokkurin
Sámal Petersen [no]	1963	1966	Sjálvstýrisflokkin
Jákup Frederik Øregaard [da]	1966	1978	Javnaðarflokkin
Agnar Nielsen [fo]	1978	1979	Sambandsflokkurin
Hilmar Bech [da]	1979	1980	Javnaðarflokkurin
Jógvan Sundstein	1980	1984	Fólkaflokkurin
Jacob Lindenskov [no]	1984	1987	Javnaðarflokkurin
Hergeir Nielsen [no]	1987	1988	Tjóðveldisflokkurin
Jógvan Sundstein	1988	1989	Fólkaflokkurin
Hergeir Nielsen [no]	1989	1990	Tjóðveldisflokkurin
Jørgin Thomsen	1990	1991	Javnaðarflokkurin
Anfinn Kallsberg	1991	1993	Fólkaflokkurin
Lasse Klein [da]	1993	1994	Javnaðarflokkurin
Jógvan Ingvard Olsen [fo]	1994	1994	Sambandsflokkurin
Marita Petersen	1994	1995	Javnaðarflokkurin
Jógvan Ingvard Olsen [fo]	1995	1998	Sambandsflokkurin
Finnbogi Ísakson	1998	2002	Tjóðveldisflokkurin
Edmund Joensen	2002	2008	Sambandsflokkurin
Hergeir Nielsen [no]	2008	2011	Tjóðveldisflokkurin
Jógvan á Lakjuni	2011	2015	Fólkaflokkurin
Páll á Reynatúgvu	2015	2019	Tjóðveldisflokkurin
Jógvan á Lakjuni	2019	2022	Fólkaflokkurin
Bjørt Samuelsen	2022	now	Tjóðveldisflokkurin