Katrin Kallsberg Explained

Katrin Kallsberg
Order:Member of Parliament
Term Start:2015
Term End:2019
Birth Date:30 July 1967
Birth Place:Denmark
Party:Republic (Tjóðveldi)

Katrin Kallsberg (born 30 July 1967 in Denmark) is a Faroese gynaecologist and politician Republic (Tjóðveldi).

Early life and education

Katrin Kallsberg was born, 30 July 1967, in Denmark. Her parents, Olga and Kaj Kallsberg, are Faroese. She lived in Denmark the first six years of her life, until the family moved back to the Faroe Islands.[1] The rest of her childhood she lived in Eiði (1975-1979)[2] and Tórshavn where her father Kaj Kallsberg was working as a physician. At the age of 16 she spent one year in the U.S. as an exchange student. After that she went to the high school of Tórshavn in Hoydalar. She studied medicine in Denmark and specialized to become a gynaecologist.

Career

Medical career

In 1995, she worked as a physician in Srebrenica with Doctors Without Borders for a short period.[3] After Screbrenica, she moved back to the Faroe Islands to work as a gynaecologist[4] and consultant surgeon at the hospital in Tórshavn, Landssjúkrahúsið.[5]

Kallsberg was chairwomen of the Faroese Equal Status Council (Javnstøðunevndin) from March 2012[6] until February 2016.[7] She participated in the Faroese TV-documentary Fólksins Rødd and participates in the Faroese radio debate programme Also.[8]

Political career

She was elected to the Løgting representing Republic (Tjóðveldi) at the 2015 general election with 396 personal votes.[9]

Personal life

Kallsberg's husband, Poul Henrik Poulsen, died from cancer, in 2005.[11] They have two children, Brandur and Sólja.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katrin Kallsberg. Kallsberg. Katrin. Tjóðveldi. Faroese. 15 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Læknin. Eiðis Municipality. Faroese. 15 March 2016. 13 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161013231824/http://eidi.fo/index.php/tstur-mainmenu-184/laeknin. dead.
  3. Web site: Familjan var bangin um Katrina. Rana. Danjal av. 27 January 2016. in.fo. Faroese. 15 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Læknar í starvi. Landssjúkrahúsið. Faroese. 15 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315153034/http://www.lsh.fo/um-okkum/laeknar-%C3%AD-starvi/. 15 March 2016. dead.
  5. http://www.ls.fo/deildir/skur%C3%B0-ambulatorium/gynaekologisk-ambulatorium/ ls.fo - Gynækologisk ambulatorium
  6. Web site: Katrin Kallsberg nýggj forkvinna í javnstøðunevndini. 4 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315152636/http://www.demokratia.fo/print.asp?id=2830. 15 March 2016. dead.
  7. Web site: Javnstøðunevndin. 4 March 2017. 15 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315151002/http://www.javnstoda.fo/00010/00089/. dead.
  8. Web site: Tjóðveldi. . 4 March 2017.
  9. http://kvf.fo/val/l2015 Løgtingsval 1. September 2015
  10. Web site: Stór ósemja millum partarnar í Trivnaðarnevndini - Føroyski portalurin - portal.fo. Knassar - the new media web partner. (www.knassar.com). 4 March 2017.
  11. Web site: Katrin Kallsberg vil gera mun. 3 May 2014. Kvinna. Faroese. 15 March 2016.
  12. Web site: Katrin Kallsberg. Løgting. Faroese. 15 March 2016. 8 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308090235/http://www.logting.fo/parliamentmember/view.gebs?parliamentMember.id=141. dead.

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