| Helena Dam á Neystabø | |
| Order: | Minister of Culture |
| Term Start: | 26 September 2008 |
| Term End: | 14 November 2011 |
| Primeminister: | Kaj Leo Johannesen |
| Predecessor: | Óluva Klettskarð |
| Successor: | Bjørn Kalsø |
| Order1: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start1: | 4 February 2008 |
| Term End1: | 26 September 2008 |
| Primeminister1: | Jóannes Eidesgaard |
| Predecessor1: | Heðin Zachariasen |
| Successor1: | Annika Olsen |
| Order2: | Minister of Social Affairs and Health |
| Term Start2: | 15 May 1998 |
| Term End2: | 26 February 2001 |
| Primeminister2: | Anfinn Kallsberg |
| Predecessor2: | Axel Nolsøe |
| Successor2: | Sámal Petur í Grund |
| Birth Name: | Helena Dam |
| Birth Date: | 10 December 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Party: | JF |
| Spouse: | Kristian á Neystabø |
| Alma Mater: | University of Copenhagen |
Helena Dam á Neystabø (born 10 December 1955) is a Faroese Social Democratic politician. She has been served in the Lagting from 1990 to 2002, 2008 to 2011 and 2015 to 2019, has been a minister in three governments, and has been a member of the Tórshavn municipal council.
Neystabø grew up in Copenhagen as the daughter of seminar teacher Ása Hátún and Atli Dam, the Faroese Social Democratic Prime Minister. Her grandfather Peter Mohr Dam was also Prime Minister. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old, and she moved to the Faroe Islands with her mother when she was 13 years of age. In 1981, she married director Kristian á Neystabø from Haldórsvík;[1] one of their children is musician Dánjal á Neystabø.[2]
Neystabø has a master's degree in German and Danish language and literature from the University of Copenhagen in 1983 and Master of Public Administration. After graduating, she has lived in the Faroe Islands, where she was first a high school teacher at Eysturoy, then a clerk in the Directorate of Education with responsibility for vocational training. In 1988, she was a consultant at Færøyenes skolebokforlag and in 1990, was general manager. In 2012, she became principal at Føroya Handilsskúli.[3] [4]