Djóni Isaksen (September 12, 1849 – April 20, 1912), also known as Djóni í Geil (), was a Faroese craftsman, editor, and politician.
Isaksen was born in Tórshavn.Joensen, Hans. 2006. Eftirnavnagáva føroyinga í 19. øld. In: Malan Marnersdóttir et al. (eds.), Bókmentaljós: heiðursrit til Turið Sigurðardóttir, pp. 302–322. Tórshavn: Felagið Froðskapur, p. 318. He was a champion of Faroese independence, and he was one of the nine men that convened the Christmas Meeting of 1888.Debes, Hans Jacob. 1993. Politiska søga Føroya, 1814-1906. Tórshavn: Føroya skúlabókagrunnur. Djóni í Geil was elected to the Faroese Parliament as a representative from Suðurstreymoy for 1882–1885, 1887–1899 and 1901–1906. He was active in the temperance movement, among other things serving as the editor of the temperance newsletter Dúgvan from 1899 to 1907.Trap, Jens Peter. 1968. Danmark. vol. 13: Færøerne. Copenhagen: G. E. C. Gad, p. 188. He was also among those that established the newspaper Tingakrossur, and his son Christen Holm-Isaksen (a.k.a. Kristin í Geil, 1877–1935) became the paper's first editor in 1891.Debes, Hans Jacob. 1982. Nú er tann stundin ...: tjóðskaparrørsla og sjálvstýrispolitikkur til 1906, við søguligum baksýni. Tórshavn: Føroya skúlabókagrunnur, pp. 217–225.
In 1988, Djóni í Geil was featured on a Faroe Islands 3.00 króna stamp commemorating the 1888 Christmas Meeting.
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