1855 Faroese general election

Danish territorial election General elections were held in the Faroe Islands in 1855. Eighteen members were elected from seven constituencies, an increase from sixteen, with one additional seat granted to the Eysturoy and Suðurstreymoy constituencies. The Danish administrator (Amtmaður) and the local dean (Próstur) were also members, with the administrator serving as the speaker.The Rise of Faroese Separatism: Danish-Faroese relations from 1906–1925 and the radicalization of the national- and home rule question Hans Andrias Sølvará Faroe University Press 2016 https://ojs.setur.fo/index.php/frodskapur/article/download/189/275 Results ConstituencyElected membersNotesEysturoyDaniel Peder ChristiansenAndreas DjurhuusRe-electedJohannes PetersenRe-electedSámal Jákup WeiheNorðurstreymoyHans OlsenNiels WintherPreviously elected in EysturoyNorðoyggjarJoen Daniel-JacobsenHans David MatrasRe-electedSandoyJacob JacobsenRe-electedHans Jacob Jørgen SørensenRe-electedSuðuroyNiels Jacob JoensenHarald Andreas Christian KroghSuðurstreymoyJoen JacobsenAndreas Christian LützenRe-electedGerhardt Sigvart RehlingJens WenningstedtRe-electedVágarHeine HeinesenJacob ZachariasenRe-electedSource: Løgtinghttps://www.logting.fo/media/be1d5ndb/logtingssogan-3-bind.pdf LØGTINGIÐ 150 Løgting By constituency Norðurstreymoy Niels Winther 6 Hans Olsen 5 Johannes Bærentsen 3 Samuel Peter Samuelsen 1 Christian Djurhuus 1 Ole Hansen 1 Jens Hendrik Djurhuus 1 Thomas Zachariasen 1 Johan Olsen 1 10 142 Løgting Aftermath Norðurstreymoy representative Niels Winther left the Faroes in 1857 and a by-election was held on 7 August. Of the 135 registered voters, only eight voted, all of whom voted for Hans Christopher Müller. Gerhardt Sigvart Rehling also left the country in 1857 and was replaced by Jacob Nolsøe. References Faroes General Category:Elections in the Faroe Islands Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results