Jógvan Sundstein

Jógvan Sundstein
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
In office 18 January 1989 – 15 January 1991
Monarch	Margrethe II
Preceded by	Atli P. Dam
Succeeded by	Atli P. Dam
Personal details
Born	(1933-05-25)25 May 1933 Tórshavn, Streymoy, Faroe Islands
Died	8 July 2024(2024-07-08) (aged 91) Holbæk, Denmark
Political party	Fólkaflokkurin
Relatives	N0tail (grandson)

Jógvan Sundstein (Faroese: [ˈjɛkvan ˈsʊn̥stai̯n]; 25 May 1933 – 8 July 2024) was a Faroese politician and member of the Faroese People's Party.

Sundstein was the son of Johanna Malena (born Jensen) and Hans Jacob Matras Sundstein from Tórshavn. He was married to Lydia Marsten (born 20 November 1927^[1]) from Klaksvík.

Sundstein was a certified accountant and was a member of numerous boards of directors. In 1979 he was elected to the Løgting for the first time. He was the speaker of the Løgting from 1980 to 1984 and 1988 to 1989. He was Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (Løgmaður) from 1989 to 1991 and was a minister from 1991 to 1993.

In 2008 Sundstein published his memoirs, becoming the first Faroese politician to do so.^[2]

Johan Sundstein, better known as N0tail, is his grandson.^[3]

Sundstein died on 8 July 2024, at the age of 91.^[4][5]

Works

• Frá barnaárum ungu til lívsins heystartíð. Stiðin 2008

Notes

• Løgtingið 150 − Hátíðarrit. Tórshavn 2002, Volume 2, p. 351 (PDF download)

References

1. Efterkommere til Lydia og Jógvan Sundstein (in Danish)
2. portal.fo: Sundstein skrivar søgu Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2 June 2008. ("Sundstein writes history")
3. sosialurin.in.fo: Jóhan Sundstein: Eg geri bara tað, eg elski og dugi best, 25 August 2019. ("Jóhan Sundstein: I am only doing the things, I love and am best at")
4. Jógvan Sundstein er deyður (in Faroese)
5. "Jógvan Sundstein fyrrverandi løgmaður deyður". in.fo (in Faroese). 8 July 2024.

Political offices
Preceded by Atli Dam	Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands 1989–1991	Succeeded by Atli Dam