Jógvan við Keldu

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Jógvan við Keldu (2004)

Jógvan við Keldu [ ˈjɛgvan viː ʧɛldʊ ] (born January 30, 1944 in Klaksvík / Faroe Islands ) is a Faroese politician of the conservative People's Party ( Fólkaflokkurin ). Until December 2005 he was the Minister of Oil, Transport and the Interior in the state government of the Faroe Islands . Today he is the representative of the Faroe Islands in the Nordic Council .

Life

Jógvan við Keldu is the son of Sigga Malena Rasmussen (called "Gigga") from Kirkja and Theodor við Keldu from Klaksvík. The surname við Keldu is one of the typical Faroese names that are formed from place names and means "at the source".

He is married to Betty Skaale from Toftir . Together they have three children Gunvá, Pætur and Tóra við Keldu , who was a swimmer in disabled sports. All three children are also well-known singers in the Faroe Islands, while the father is a distinguished choirmaster.

After training as an office trader from 1960 to 1964 in Runavík and Klaksvík, Jógvan við Keldu was self-employed until 1980, then from 1989 to 1992 and now again since 2002 with his own trading company.

As a politician, Jógvan við Keldu was a member of the Klaksvík City Council from 1971 to 1974, and he was its mayor from 1981 to 1988 and 1993 to 2002. He sat in the national parliament, the Løgting , from 1988 to 1990. Since 1998 he has been a member again (with a seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee) and was at the same time a representative of the Faroe Islands in the Nordic Council until 2004.

After the Løgting election in 2004, his People's Party formed a coalition with the social democratic Javnaðarflokkurin and the unionist Sambandsflokkurin . Since then he has been Minister of the Interior of the North Atlantic Archipelago under Prime Minister Jóannes Eidesgaard .

On November 9, 2006, Jógvan við Keldu hit the Swedish headlines when he proposed that the Swedish language be introduced as a compulsory subject in all Nordic countries in order to prevent Scandinavians of different nationalities from speaking English to each other in the future.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alla ska tala svenska  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , (“Everyone should speak Swedish”), Aftonbladet , November 9, 2006@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.aftonbladet.se  
personal data
SURNAME Keldu, Jógvan við
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese politician of the conservative People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) and Minister of the Interior in the state government of the Faroe Islands
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Klaksvík , Faroe Islands