Jógvan Heinason

Jógvan Heinason (1541–1602) was Lawman (prime minister) of the Faroe Islands from 1572 to 1583.

Jógvan Heinason was the son of the Norwegian priest Heine Havreki and a Faroese women, Herborg from Húsavík.

The son of Jógvan Heinason's Norwegian step mother, and half brother, was the Faroe Islands' most famous seafarer, Magnus Heinason.

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