Bárður Nielsen

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Bárdur Nielsen

Bárður á Steig Nielsen (born April 16, 1972 in Vestmanna , Faroe Islands ) is a Faroese businessman and politician as well as a member of parliament for the Unionists ( Sambandsflokkurin ). From 2004 to 2007 he was Faroese Minister of Finance. He has been chairman of his party since the end of October 2015. Since September 2019 he has been Løgmaður , Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.

career

Bárður Nielsen studied business administration at Aarhus University . Since 1993 he has been employed in various companies in the Faroe Islands.

politics

Bárður Nielsen was first elected as a member of the Løgting in 2002. From February 2004 to May 2007 he was Minister of Finance in the Eidesgaard I cabinet .

At the end of October 2011 he managed to return to Løgting with 872 votes, the second best result in his party. On March 14, 2015 he was elected deputy chairman of the Sambandsflokkurin. On September 1, 2015, when he was re-elected to Løgting, he achieved the third-best result in his party with 595 votes.

From March 14, 2015 he was vice chairman of his party. On October 24, 2015, he was elected to succeed Kaj Leo Johannesen as the tenth chairman of the Sambandsflokkurin since it was founded in 1906.

family

Bárður Nielsen is the son of Gunnvá Winther and Bogi á Steig. He is married to Rakul Nielsen (née Lamhauge), with whom he has four children. The family lives in Vestmanna .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Løgmaður. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Barður Nielsen ( Memento from August 6, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ), archive.is
  3. ↑ Løgtingsval October 29, 2011 ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), kvf.fo
  4. ↑ Bárður Nielsen nýggjur næstformaður , in.fo, March 14, 2015
  5. ↑ Løgtingsval September 1, 2015 ( Memento from October 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), kvf.fo.
  6. ↑ - Hetta er eitt víðgongt stýri , in.fo, Oct. 24, 2015
  7. ↑ - Tann sum vil hava ávirkan má vinna , in.fo, Oct. 24, 2015
  8. ↑ Barður Nielsen
Member of Parliament in Løgting, Faroese (2015-2019) Flag of the Faroe Islands
Javnaðarflokkurin

Aksel V. Johannesen ( Helena Dam á Neystabø ) | Eyðgunn Samuelsen ( Jónleif Johannesen ) | Rigmor Dam ( Kristianna W. Poulsen ) | Heðin Mortensen  | Henrik Old ( Djóni Nolsøe Joensen ) | Kristin Michelsen  | Bjarni Hammer

Tjóðveldi

Høgni Hoydal ( Bjørt Samuelsen ) | Sirið Stenberg ( Óluva Elin Klettskarð ) | Kristina Háfoss ( Pauli Trond Petersen ) | Magni Arge ( Ingolf S. Olsen ) | Annita á Fríðriksmørk  | Katrin Kallsberg  | Páll á Reynatúgvu

Sambandsflokkurin

Edmund Joensen  | Kaj Leo Johannesen  | Bárður á Steig Nielsen  | Magnus Rasmussen  | Bjørn Kalsø  | Magni Laksafoss

Fólkaflokkurin

Jacob Vestergaard  | Annika Olsen 1  | Jørgen Niclasen  | Jákup Mikkelsen  | Elsebeth Mercedis Gunnleygsdóttur  | Jógvan á Lakjuni

Framsókn

Poul Michelsen ( Ruth Vang ) | Hanna Jensen ( Bjarni Kárason Petersen )

Miðflokkurin

Jenis av Rana ( Karsten Hansen ) | Bill Justinussen

Nýtt Sjálvstýri

Jógvan Skorheim ( Bárður Kass Nielsen ) | Kári P. Højgaard

Independent

Sonja Jógvansdóttir 2

() The MPs indicated in brackets are those who are entitled to vote for members of the state government who are not entitled to vote or for MPs on leave.
1 Annika Olsen was originally elected for Fólkaflokkurin, but left the party shortly after the election and applied for leave of absence on September 20, 2015. Joen Magnus Rasmussen was her representative for one month in October 2015. Annika Olsen was an independent MP until the beginning of February 2016. Since then she has been a member of the Fólkaflokkurin again.
2 Sonja Jógvansdóttir was originally chosen for Javnaðarflokkurin.
personal data
SURNAME Nielsen, Bardur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nielsen, Bárður á Steig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese politician of the unionist Sambandsflokkurin
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Vestmanna , Faroe Islands