Annika Olsen

Annika Olsen

Annika Olsen (born March 13, 1975 in Tórshavn ) is a Faroese politician and member of parliament for Fólkaflokkurin . On December 30, 2016, she was elected mayor of the capital city of Tórshavn.

The longtime politician was Minister of the Interior from 2008 to 2011 and Minister of Social Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of her country from 2011 to 2015. In September 2015 she left the Fólkaflokkurin, shortly afterwards became a member of the Framsókn progressive party for a few days and then sat as an independent member of parliament until the beginning of February 2016. Since February 4, 2016, she has been a member and MP of Fólkaflokkurin again. During her time as a swimmer, she was a member of the Faroese national team.

education and profession

Annika Olsen studied Danish language and literature as well as religion. She graduated as cand.mag. as an exam.art with a minor in Faroese Language and Literature.

After graduating, she worked as a teacher for several years. From 2001 to 2007 she taught at the Faroese Business School (Føroya Handilsskúli) and from 2007 to 2008 both at Føroya Studentaskúli og HF-skeið in Hoydalar and at Føroya Læraraskúli in Tórshavn.

politics

From 2004 to 2008 Annika Olsen was a member of the Tórshavn city council.

In the Faroese parliamentary election on January 19, 2008, she was elected to the Løgting for the first time with 520 personal votes as a member of the Fólkaflokkurin . Annika Olsen was Minister of the Interior from September 2008 to April 2011. From April to October 2011 she was a member of parliament and the culture committee.

In the Løgtings election in autumn 2011, she was re-elected to parliament with 1,344 votes. This was the best result within their party and the second best result for all parties. Only Kaj Leo Johannesen received more votes. She was then Minister of Social Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of her country from November 2011 to September 2015.

In the Løgtings election on September 1, 2015, she was re-elected with 961 personal votes. This was the second best result within their party, just behind Jacob Vestergaard . A good week after the election to Løgting, she surprisingly left the Fólkaflokkurin on September 9, 2015. After a week as an independent MP, Annika Olsen joined the Framsókn progressive party on September 17th. In the subsequent distribution of the seats in the parliamentary committees, she was given the most important post as chairman of the finance committee.

Since Poul Michelsen , the chairman of Framsókn, has no right to vote in parliament as a minister, Annika Olsen belonged to Ruth Vang and Hanna Jensen in a three-member parliamentary group in Løgting, which was made up exclusively of women.

Just three days after joining, she announced on September 20, 2015 that she had resigned from the Progress Party with immediate effect and had also resigned from chairing the Finance Committee. As a reason for her move, she stated that she had been under heavy pressure in the past few days and that the time to think about the change of party was too short. You can no longer justify this to your voters. She also announced that she had submitted a request to Parliament for a temporary leave of absence.

On February 4, 2016, the Fólkaflokkurin announced at a press conference that Annika Olsen was a member of the party again. A majority within the Fólkaflokkurin had previously approved the re-entry of the MPs, who have been independent since September 2015.

In the local elections on November 8, 2016, she was elected to the city council of Tórshavn and won the election for mayor with seven votes against the long-time incumbent Heðin Mortensen , who received only six votes. She has held the office of mayor since January 1, 2017.

family

Annika Olsen is the youngest daughter of the teacher couple Jákup Olaf and Marna Olsen from Vágur , Suðuroy . Her father was also a politician. He sat from 1994 to 1998 as a member of the Kristiligi Fólkaflokkurin in Løgting and later switched to Fólkaflokkurin.

Annika Olsen grew up in Vágur. She is married to Jacob Horn Nielsen and the couple have two children.

Web links

• Annika Olsen , logting.fo
• Annika Olsen , folkaflokkurin.fo
• Annika Olsen , norden.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nú er tað veruleiki: Annika Olsen er borgarstjóri , in.fo, December 30, 2016
2. ↑ kvf.fo - Eftir 145 dagar: Nú er hon aftur í Fólkaflokkinum , February 4, 2016.
3. ↑ Svimjing ger teg sterkari , svimjing.com 22 January 2011 at
4. ↑ Almannamálaráðið: Annika Olsen nýggj landsstýriskvinna í almannamálum . amr.fo. November 14, 2011. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved on February 4, 2016.
5. ↑ http://kvf.fo/val/old (link not available)
6. ↑ Samanteljing Val 11 ( memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), kvf.fo
7. ↑ Løgtingsval September 1, 2015 ( Memento of October 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), kvf.fo
8. ↑ Annika Olsen tikið seg úr Fólkaflokkinum , in.fo, September 9, 2015
9. ↑ Annika Olsen farin úr Fólkaflokkinum , portal.fo, September 9, 2015
10. ↑ Annika farin upp í Framsókn , kvf, September 17, 2015
11. ↑ Nú he Annika Olsen farina upp í Framsókn , September 17, 2015 in.fo
12. ↑ Annika er nú partur av Framsókn ( Memento of September 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), foroyar.dk, September 17, 2015
13. ↑ Soleiðis síggja nevndirnar út ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , portal.fo, September 17, 2015. 
14. ↑ Aldrin áður hent í føroyskum politikki , in.fo, September 17, 2015
15. ↑ Annika Olsen tekur seg úr Framsókn! , in.fo, September 20, 2015
16. ↑ Annika úr Framsókn og fer í farloyvi , kvf.fo, September 20, 2015
17. ↑ Bráðtíðindi: Nú er hon aftur í Fólkaflokkinum , kvf.fo, February 4, 2016
18. ↑ Nú er tað veruleiki: Annika Olsen er borgarstjóri , in.fo, December 30, 2016