Faroe Islands

Løgting

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Løgting 2008–2011

2008-01-19 – 2011-10-29

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Party Groupings

  • Tjóðveldi

    8 seats

  • Sambandsflokkurin

    7 seats

  • Fólkaflokkurin

    6 seats

  • Javnaðarflokkurin

    6 seats

  • Miðflokkurin

    3 seats

  • Sjálvstýrisflokkurin

    2 seats

  • Fólkaflokkurin / Framsókn

    1 seat

What’s in this dataset?

As much as we know. Here’s a taste of the information we have so far.

Biographical 100%
Social links 3%
Contact details 0%
Identifiers 100%

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Alfred Olsen

Sambandsflokkurin — Eysturoy

Gender male
Born 1947-03-30
wikidata Q644805
wikipedia_fo Alfred Olsen

Anfinn Kallsberg

Fólkaflokkurin — Norðoyar

Gender male
Born 1947-11-19
wikidata Q529900
wikipedia_fo Anfinn Kallsberg
freebase /m/077f65

Annika Olsen

Fólkaflokkurin — Suðurstreymoy

Gender female
Born 1975-03-13
wikidata Q754857
wikipedia_fo Annika Olsen
freebase /m/01118m_0

Annita á Fríðriksmørk

Tjóðveldi — Eysturoy

Gender female
Born 1968-07-27
wikidata Q466097
wikipedia_fo Annita á Fríðriksmørk

Bergtóra Høgnadóttir Joensen

Tjóðveldi — Suðurstreymoy

Gender female
Born 1971-02-15
wikidata Q793470
wikipedia_fo Bergtóra Høgnadóttir Joensen

Bill Justinussen

Miðflokkurin — Eysturoy

Gender male
Born 1963-08-27
wikidata Q362474
wikipedia_fo Bill Justinussen

Bjørn Kalsø

Sambandsflokkurin — Norðoyar

Gender male
Born 1966-03-23
wikidata Q599944
wikipedia_fo Bjørn Kalsø

Bjørt Samuelsen

Tjóðveldi — Suðurstreymoy

Gender female
Born 1965-03-02
wikidata Q804182
wikipedia_fo Bjørt Samuelsen
google_knowledge /g/1237dbp_

Edmund Joensen

Sambandsflokkurin — Eysturoy

Gender male
Born 1944-09-19
wikidata Q678236
wikipedia_fo Edmund Joensen
freebase /m/04n5gw7
lcauth n2015063050

Gerhard Lognberg

Javnaðarflokkurin — Sandoy

Gender male
Born 1950-11-01
wikidata Q1009810
wikipedia_fo Gerhard Lognberg

Hans Pauli Strøm

Javnaðarflokkurin — Norðurstreymoy

Gender male
Born 1947-12-28
wikidata Q255908
wikipedia_fo Hans Pauli Strøm

Heini O. Heinesen

Tjóðveldi — Norðoyar

Gender male
Born 1938-08-06
Died 2018-08-13
wikidata Q1035008
wikipedia_fo Heini O. Heinesen

Helena Dam á Neystabø

Javnaðarflokkurin — Suðurstreymoy

Gender female
Born 1955-12-10
wikidata Q273984
wikipedia_fo Helena Dam á Neystabø

Hergeir Nielsen

Tjóðveldi — Suðuroy

Gender male
Born 1949-08-27
wikidata Q1035514
wikipedia_fo Hergeir Nielsen

Høgni Hoydal

Tjóðveldi — Suðurstreymoy

Gender male
Born 1966-03-28
wikidata Q567780
wikipedia_fo Høgni Hoydal
freebase /m/05t39z
lcauth n96022814
isni 0000 0000 3619 7045

Jacob Vestergaard

Fólkaflokkurin — Suðuroy

Gender male
Born 1961-04-07
wikidata Q730980
wikipedia_fo Jacob Vestergaard
freebase /m/011lb6lp

Jenis av Rana

Miðflokkurin — Suðuroy

Gender male
Born 1953-01-07
wikidata Q254129
wikipedia_fo Jenis av Rana
google_knowledge /g/121xkhkh

Johan Dahl

Sambandsflokkurin — Suðuroy

Gender male
Born 1959-09-19
wikidata Q1100947
wikipedia_fo Johan Dahl

John Johannessen

Javnaðarflokkurin — Suðurstreymoy

Gender male
Born 1977-10-07
wikidata Q1101298
wikipedia_fo John Johannessen

Jákup Mikkelsen

Fólkaflokkurin — Norðoyar

Gender male
Born 1957-08-22
wikidata Q1102350
wikipedia_fo Jákup Mikkelsen (politikari)

Jóannes Eidesgaard

Javnaðarflokkurin — Suðuroy

Gender male
Born 1951-04-19
wikidata Q331931
wikipedia_fo Jóannes Eidesgaard
freebase /m/037lqt

Jógvan á Lakjuni

Fólkaflokkurin — Eysturoy

Gender male
Born 1952-11-13
wikidata Q932304
wikipedia_fo Jógvan á Lakjuni

Jørgen Niclasen

Fólkaflokkurin — Vágar

Gender male
Born 1969-01-17
wikidata Q903946
wikipedia_fo Jørgen Niclasen
freebase /m/043ry58

Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen

Sambandsflokkurin — Suðurstreymoy

Gender male
Born 1964-08-28
wikidata Q331786
wikipedia_fo Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen
freebase /m/04mzlgd

Karsten Hansen

Miðflokkurin — Norðoyar

Gender male
Born 1944-08-18
wikidata Q657419
wikipedia_fo Karsten Hansen

Katrin Dahl Jakobsen

Javnaðarflokkurin — Suðurstreymoy

Gender female
Born 1951-05-20
wikidata Q938738
wikipedia_fo Katrin Dahl Jakobsen

Kári P. Højgaard

Sjálvstýrisflokkurin — Eysturoy

Gender male
Born 1951-07-21
wikidata Q1062961
wikipedia_fo Kári P. Højgaard
freebase /m/02q_qv7

Kári á Rógvi

Sjálvstýrisflokkurin — Suðurstreymoy

Gender male
Born 1973-05-04
Died 2015-02-14
wikidata Q1123333
wikipedia_fo Kári á Rógvi
lcauth nb2013020209
isni 0000 0004 0805 2286
viaf 229185068

Magni Laksáfoss

Sambandsflokkurin — Suðurstreymoy

Gender male
Born 1969-12-03
wikidata Q782053
wikipedia_fo Magni Laksáfoss

Poul Michelsen

Fólkaflokkurin / Framsókn — Suðurstreymoy

Gender male
Born 1944-07-22
wikidata Q1416571
wikipedia_fo Poul Michelsen
google_knowledge /g/120qk_7l

Rósa Samuelsen

Sambandsflokkurin — Vágar

Gender female
Born 1959-12-22
wikidata Q1253548
wikipedia_fo Rósa Samuelsen

Sjúrður Skaale

Tjóðveldi — Suðurstreymoy

Gender male
Born 1967-03-08
wikidata Q845278
wikipedia_fo Sjúrður Skaale
freebase /m/0k813ch
lcauth n2014049883
isni 0000 0004 3428 841X

Tórbjørn Jacobsen

Tjóðveldi — Eysturoy

Gender male
Born 1955-10-07
wikidata Q331736
wikipedia_fo Tórbjørn Jacobsen

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require 'everypolitician'
country = Everypolitician::Index.new.country('Faroe-Islands')
house = country.legislature('Logting')
house.popolo.terms.find_by(id: 'term/2008').memberships.each do |membership|
  puts "#{membership.person.name} (#{membership.party.name}): #{membership.person.gender}"
end

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