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]
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.