Sjúrður

Sjúrður (or Sigurd), was, around the year 1300, head of Shetland and was also official head of state of the Faeroe Islands ^[1]

Sjúrður was, together with Bishop Erlendur author of the Faeroese Seyðabrævið in 1298 - a document with land use rules for the Faeroe Islands, and the Faeroes' oldest document.

References

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

Political offices
Preceded by Gilli	Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands c.a. 1300-?.?.	Succeeded by Símun

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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