Andrass Samuelsen (; 1 July 1873 – 30 June 1954) was a
Faroese politician and member of the
Union Party. He was the first
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
The prime minister of the Faroe Islands is the head of government of the Faroe Islands.
The Faroese language, Faroese term (plural: ) literally means "lawman" and originally referred to the legal function of lawspeaker. This old title was bro ...
after the autonomy of the Faroe Islands in 1948 (
Heimastýrislógin).
Andrass was the son of Katrina Malena, born Mikkelsen and Sámal Joensen from
Haldarsvík. He was married to Beata Emilia, born Lindenskov from
Tórshavn
Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), usually locally referred to as simply Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of th ...
.
Between 1906 and 1950 Samuelsen was a member of the Faroese parliament (
Løgting
The Løgting (pronounced ; ) is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory within the Danish Realm.
The name literally means "''Law Thing''"—that is, a law assembly—and derives from Old Norse ''lǫgþing ...
). From 1913 to 1916 and 1918 to 1939 he was also a member of the Danish
Folketing
The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. E ...
and he was a member of the
Landsting from 1917 to 1918. From 1924 to 1948 Samuelsen was the chairman of the Union Party.
From 1948 to 1950 he was the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
and was the first Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands since the office had been abolished in 1816. He died on 30 June 1954, aged 80.
He would have been 81 years old the following day.
His son
Georg Lindenskov Samuelsen (1910–1997) was the publisher of the newspaper ''
Dimmalætting
''Dimmalætting'' (Faroese language, Faroese for 'Dawn') is the oldest and largest newspaper of the Faroe Islands and is based in Tórshavn.
The first edition of the ''Dimma'', as it is commonly known, appeared (after a test issue on December 8, 1 ...
'' for almost 50 years. His granddaughter
Lisbeth L. Petersen was one of the first women in Faroese politics, and his grandson
Eilif Samuelsen
Torben Eilif Lindenskov Samuelsen (born May 22, 1934) is a former Faroese teacher and politician for the Faroese Union Party.
Samuelsen was born in Fuglafjørður. He graduated as a teacher from the Haslev Normal School in 1958 and began his ...
is a Faroese politician.
References
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1873 births
1954 deaths
Prime ministers of the Faroe Islands
Members of the Folketing
Members of the Landsting (Denmark)
Members of the Løgting
Faroese members of the Folketing
Union Party (Faroe Islands) politicians