Henrik Old Explained

Henrik Old
Birth Date:20 June 1947
Birth Place:Vágur, Faroe Islands
Office:Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Labor of the Faroe Islands
Termstart:15 September 2015
Office1:Member of Løgting
Termstart1:1984
Termend1:2008
Termstart2:2011

Henrik James Frits Old (born 20 June 1947 in Vágur, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese politician. He is a current (2011-2015) member of the Faroese parliament. He was elected for the Løgting for the first time in 1984. He was re-elected several times and represented the island Suðuroy. He was elected for the Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands). He was an MP from 1984 to 2008 and again from 2011.[1]

Political career

Member of the Faroese Parliament

Chair of Standing Committees of the Løgting

President or member of other committees

Family

Henrik Old is married to Elsebeth Old (born í Gong, daughter of Petur í Gong who was a member of the City Council of Tórshavn from 1957 - 1996),[5] together they have four children. His parents were Henrikka and Dennis William Connor Old, his father was British. His mother died at a young age, and after that he was raised by his fosterparents Inger and Johannes Joensen.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Logting.fo . 2013-01-28 . 2014-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140104062409/http://www.logting.fo/parliamentmember/view.gebs?menuChanged=31&parliamentMember.id=109 . dead .
  2. Web site: Vestnordisk.is . 2013-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130517192258/http://www.vestnordisk.is/id/1430 . 2013-05-17 . dead .
  3. Web site: Vestnordisk.is . 2013-01-28 . https://archive.today/20120918015808/http://www.vestnordisk.is/id/1395 . 2012-09-18 . dead .
  4. http://logting.elektron.fo/Ymiskt/L%C3%B8gtingss%C3%B8gan%202.pdf Logting.fo, page 329
  5. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:bZS2NzbfbBQJ:www.torshavn.fo/get.file%3FID%3D643+&hl=en&gl=dk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShoEUq6YXBu9AhqgqOKl8xUIq2wzEGUMRBoZybEz7-W8S3Ax-46qT5KzitcT79q8y1LtsZxr63eJMhPR41W16prJNMHdmd-L_3RjdpRlIm-Tdp8d4hdrTUlP4mwpb4AtSV9slPH&sig=AHIEtbQJF1-ke2yVo22guDujOZOvIz58lA Torshavn.fo, page 17-26