Sirið Stenberg (born 26 May 1968 in
Vágur
Vágur meaning ''Bay'' ( da, Våg) is a town on the island of Suðuroy, part of the Faroe Islands
It is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vágsfjørður fjord, and was founded in the fourteenth century. Expansion has meant that the ...
) is a
Faroese politician. She finished her education as a nurse in 1994 and as a nurse in neonatalalogy in 1998 and as a nurse with special knowledge of children from 0-7 (''Heilsufrøðingur'' in Faroese, ''Sundhedsplejerske'' in
Danish
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
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, a health care visitor who attends to and gives advice to the mothers and their small children in their homes). Since 2001 she has worked in the children's health care in
Suðuroy. She took leave from this employment shortly after assuming office as a
member of the Faroese parliament, the parliament is located in Tórshavn, two hours away by ferry from
Suðuroy. From 2006-08 she was head master of the Health School of the Faroe Islands, which is located in Suðuroy. She is married to
Jón Pauli Olsen
Jón Pauli Olsen (born 17 August 1968) is a former manager for the Faroe Islands women's national football team. He was also manager for the Faroe Islands Women's U17 national team. Olsen is also a former football player, he mostly played as a ...
, who was football manager of the Faroese women's national football team and social and health assistant, together they have three children.
Political career
She was elected to the
Løgting representing
Republic (Tjóðveldi) at the
2011 general election with 320 votes. She was a member of the town council of Vágur from 2009 - 2015. At the general elections of 2015 she was reelected to the Løgting. Her party formed government together with the Social Democratic Party and Progress and they chose Sirið Stenberg as the minister of health of the Faroe Islands.
Member of standing committees of the Løgting
* 2011: Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs
* 2011: Member of the Welfare Committee
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References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
People from Vágur
Members of the Løgting
Republic (Faroe Islands) politicians
Health ministers of the Faroe Islands
Ministers of Social Affairs of the Faroe Islands
Ministers of Culture of the Faroe Islands
Women government ministers of the Faroe Islands
21st-century women politicians