Gilli (Løgmaður)

Gilli (also known as Gille) was the first known Lawman (or Lawspeaker) of the Faroe Islands.^[1] He served in that capacity beginning around 1000, and continuing until an unknown date. In 1024, Gille, along with other Faroese leaders, were pressed by King Olaf II of Norway to swear an oath to follow King Olaf's laws and pay Norway taxes.^[2]

Gilli is mentioned several times in Færeyinga saga.

References edit

^ Young, George Vaughan Chichester (1979). From the Vikings to the Reformation: A Chronicle of the Faroe Islands Up to 1538. Nám. ISBN 978-0-904980-20-2.
^ Young, George Vaughan Chichester (1979). From the Vikings to the Reformation: A Chronicle of the Faroe Islands Up to 1538. Nám. ISBN 978-0-904980-20-2.

Political offices
Preceded by Unknown	Lawman of the Faroe Islands 1000–?	Succeeded by Sjúrður

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[1] Young, George Vaughan Chichester (1979). From the Vikings to the Reformation: A Chronicle of the Faroe Islands Up to 1538. Nám. ISBN 978-0-904980-20-2.

[2] Young, George Vaughan Chichester (1979). From the Vikings to the Reformation: A Chronicle of the Faroe Islands Up to 1538. Nám. ISBN 978-0-904980-20-2.

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