Eyðgunn Jana Samuelsen (née Henriksen, 23 May 1959 in

Sørvágur :''There is also a town called Vágur on Suðuroy.'' Sørvágur ( da, Sørvåg) is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. It is located at the landward end of Sørvágsfjørður. Sørvágur is the largest village in Sørvágur ...

) is a Faroese teacher and politician ( Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)).

Background

Samuelsen graduated from her lower secondary school in Sørvágs skúli in 1976 and graduated from her high school (HF) Føroya Studentaskúli og HF-Skeið in 1978. Samuelsen took a degree in economics and history (

cand.mag. Candidatus magisterii (male), or candidata magisterii (female), abbreviated as cand.mag., is an academic degree currently awarded in Denmark. The degree is officially translated into English as Master of Arts and currently requires 5 years of stud ...

) from

Roskilde University Roskilde University ( da, Roskilde Universitet, abbreviated RUC or RU) is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD ...

in 1992. She grew up in the small town, Sørvágur, with her father, mother and younger sister.

Political career

She joined the Social Democratic Party in 1988. She was elected in the town council of Klaksvík for the first time in 1997. She has been a member of the Faroese parliament since 8 February 2008, the first years from 2008-2011 she was not directly elected but became a member when Helena Dam á Neystabø became minister. At the 2011 elections she was elected to the parliament and in 2015 she was reelected with 433 personal votes which was third most on her parties list.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelsen, Eydgunn 1959 births Living people Members of the Løgting Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) politicians Ministers of Social Affairs of the Faroe Islands Women government ministers of the Faroe Islands 21st-century women politicians