Gilli (Løgmaður)
Gilli (also known as Gille) was the first known Lawman (or Lawspeaker) of the Faroe Islands.[1] He served in that capacity beginning around 1000, and continuing until an unknown date. In 1024, Gille, along with other Faroese leaders, were pressed by King Olaf II of Norway to swear an oath to follow King Olaf's laws and pay Norway taxes.[2]
Gilli is mentioned several times in Færeyinga saga.
References
- ^ Young, George Vaughan Chichester (1979). From the Vikings to the Reformation: A Chronicle of the Faroe Islands Up to 1538. Nám. ISBN 978-0-904980-20-2.
- ^ Young, George Vaughan Chichester (1979). From the Vikings to the Reformation: A Chronicle of the Faroe Islands Up to 1538. Nám. ISBN 978-0-904980-20-2.
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Preceded by Unknown | Lawman of the Faroe Islands 1000–? | Succeeded by |
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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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