Trygvi Samuelsen

Samuel Georg Trygve Samuelsen (September 16, 1907 – February 19, 1985) was a Faroese lawyer and politician in the Faroese Union Party.

[2] He was also the brother of Georg L. Samuelsen[3] and the uncle of Lisbeth L. Petersen.

[1] Samuelsen became a local administrator (sysselmann) for Eysturoy in 1933, a proxy solicitor in Tórshavn in 1934, and a lawyer in the same town in 1938.

[1] From 1936 to 1964, Samuelsen served as governor of the Municipality of Tórshavn.

He served as a member of the Union Party in the Faroese Parliament from 1943 to 1946 and from 1949 to 1974, representing the South Streymoy (Faroese: Suðurstreymoy) district.