Landfoged

{{Short description|Civil servant to the Danish king}} {{italic title}} A '''''Landfoged''''' (Icelandic: {{Lang|is|landfógeti}}; Danish: {{Lang|da|landfoged}}; Faroese: {{Lang|fo|(land)fúti}}) was a civil servant who saw to the finances of the Danish king in islands such as Iceland and the Faroe Islands, collecting revenue for the whole country. The usual English translation is 'sheriff'.

==Iceland==

In Iceland, he was treasurer of the {{Lang|is|jarðarbókarsjóð}}, and had to control the property of the king in Iceland, taxes and other payments, and manage fisheries of the king at Suðurnes. The {{Lang|is|Landfógeti}} collected taxes in Gullbringusýsla and was police chief in Reykjavík. He had to make sure the trade legislation would be obeyed.

These are Iceland's {{Lang|is|Landfógetar}}:<ref>Einar Laxness: ''Íslandssaga a-ö'', 2. vols (Reykjavík: Vaka-Helgafell, 1995).</ref>

* Kristofer Heidemann (1683–1693) * Andrés Iversen (1693–1695) * Jens Jörgensen (1695–1702) * Páll Pétursson Beyer (1702–1717) * Kornelíus Wulf (1717–1727) * Kristján Luxdorf (1727–1739) * Kristján Drese (1739–1749) * Guðni Sigurðsson (1749) * Skúli Magnússon (1749–1793) * Jón Skúlason (deputy {{Lang|is|landfógeti}}) (1763–1786) * Hans Jakob Líndal (1786–1787) * Magnús Stephensen (1793–1794) * Paul M. Finne (1794–1804) * Rasmus Frydensberg (1804–1813) * Sigurður Thorgrímsen (1813–1828) * Christian Ulstrup (1828–1836) * Ólafur H. Finsen (1831–1832) * Þórður Sveinbjörnsson (1835–1836) * Stefán Gunnlaugsson (1836) * Morten Hansen Tvede (1836–1838) * Stefán Gunnlaugsson (1838–1849) * Kristján Kristjánsson (1849–1851) * {{ill|Jón Pétursson (sheriff)|lt=Jón Pétursson|is|Jón Pétursson (háyfirdómari)}} (1851–1852) * Vilhjálmur Finsen (1852–1860) * Hermanníus E. Johnson (1859–1861) * Árni Thorsteinson (1861–1904)

==Faroe Islands==

In the Faroes today, the {{Lang|fo|Føroya Landfúti}} is the name of the Faroese Police,<ref name="Immigration Office">{{cite web|url=http://www.immigration.fo/about/links/|title=Links|publisher=Útlendingastovan - Faroese Immigration Office|accessdate=8 November 2015}}</ref> and the head of the police.<ref name="Landfoged">{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Geografi_og_historie/F%C3%A6r%C3%B8erne/landfoged|title=landfoged|publisher=Den Store Danske|language=Danish|accessdate=8 November 2015}}</ref> Previously, he received the taxes from the ''sysselmand'' and delivered the proceeds to the ''stiftamtmand'' of the Faroe Islands.

==Danish West Indies== ===Saint John=== * () Hans Wilhelm Koch * () Ditlev Nicolay Friis * (-1774) Carl Frederich Weyle * (1787-1819) Sophus Emil Zielian

==Schleswig-Holstein== ===North Dithmarschen=== * (-1585) Marcus Swin * (1671 - ) Heinrich Christian Boie * () Christian Mathias Jakob Johannsen

===South Dithmarschen=== * () Peter Bogislaus Carstens * (1806-) Johan Christian Friedrich Heinzelmann

===Sild=== * () Johann Friedrich Jensen * (1830 - ) Uwe Jens Lornsen

==Ærø== A ''landfoged'' office on Ærø was introduced in 1773. * (1773-1774) Johann Heinrich Prehn * (5 March 1784 - ?) Johann Georg Tilemann * Peter Bogislaus Carstens

==References==

Category:Economic history of Denmark Category:Economic history of Iceland