Balzer Jacobsen

Balzer Jacobsen, was Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1655 to 1661.

Balzer Jacobsen was Danish, and was put in place by King Frederik III against the will of the Faroese Lagting. Jacobsen was first and foremost one of Christoffer Gabel's men, who was vogt of the Faroe Islands. Gabel also had a monopoly on trade to and from the islands during this period. In 1661 Jógvan Poulsen regained control as Prime Minister and Jacobsen withdrew to Denmark, but the real power in the Faroe Islands still lay with the land owners. This period of Faroese history is known in Faroese as Gablatíðin, and was difficult due to the trade monopoly and wishes from Copenhagen about the crown's absolute control of the fiefdom.

References

Løgtingið 150 - Hátíðarrit. Tórshavn 2002, Bind 2, S. 366. (Avsnitt Føroya løgmenn fram til 1816) (PDF-Download)

Political offices
Preceded by Jógvan Poulsen	Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands 1655-1661	Succeeded by Jógvan Poulsen

Lawmen of the Faroe Islands before 1816

Gilli Sjúrður Símun Dagfinnur Halvdanarson Haraldur Kálvsson Roald Jørundur Skógdrívsson Tórmóður Sigurðsson Andras Guttormsson Guttormur Andrasson Jógvan Heinason Ísak Guttormsson Pætur Jákupsson Tummas Símunarson Zakarias Tormóðsson Jógvan Justinusson Jógvan Poulsen Balzer Jacobsen Jógvan Poulsen Jákup Jógvansson Jóhan Hendrik Weyhe Sámal Pætursson Lamhauge Hans Jákupsson Debes Thorkild Fjeldsted Jacob Hveding Johan Michael Lund Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb

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