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Bjørt Samuelsen
Bjørt Samuelsen
	Samuelsen in 2015
Speaker of the Løgting
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 December 2022
Preceded by	Jógvan á Lakjuni
Member of Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2008
Ministers of Trade and Industry
	In office; February 2008 – September 2008
Personal details
Born	2 March 1965; Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Political party	Republic (Tjóðveldi)

Bjørt Samuelsen (2 March 1965) is a Faroese journalist, master in food science (Danish: bromatolog, cand.brom.) and politician (Republic).^[1]

Political career

She was elected for the Løgting at the 2008 Faroese general election and again in 2011. She was not elected at the 2015 elections, but kept her seat in the parliament because Høgni Hoydal was appointed minister of fisheries. Samuelsen was Ministers of Trade and Industry from 4 February until 15 September 2008. She was the first female minister of trade and industry of the Faroe Islands and as of 2019 the only one. Bjørt Samuelsen was named Speaker of the Løgting in December 2022.

Bill on same sex marriage

On 24 September 2015 Bjørt Samuelsen along with the independent member of the Løgting Sonja Jógvansdóttir, Social Democratic member Kristianna Winther Poulsen and Progress member Hanna Jensen, submitted a same-sex marriage bill to the Parliament Secretariat.^[2] The bill entered Parliament on 17 November 2015. If approved, the law would be scheduled to go into effect on 1 July 2016. The first reading took place 24 November 2015.^[3]^[4] The second reading is expected to take place in the week that starts on 7 March 2016.^[5]

Standing Committees of the Løgting, Nordic Council and Westnordic Council

2008–2011 member of Standing Committee on Business
2008–2011 member of Standing Committee on Justice
2011–2015 vice chairperson for the Standing Committee on Business
2011–2015 member of the Standing Committee on Welfare
2011–2015 vice member of Standing Committee on Foreign affairs
2011–2015 vice member of Nordic Council
2015–2019 member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs
2015–2019 member of West Nordic Council
2015–2019 member of the Committee of Industry, Fisheries, Aqua- and Agriculture
2015–2019 vice member of the Committee of Finance
2015–2019 vice member of the Social - and Health Committee
2017–2019 Chairman of the Committee of Industry, Fisheries, Aqua- and Agriculture

References

^ "logting.fo". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
^ (in Faroese) Uppskot at broyta hjúnabandslógina latið tinginum
^ (in Faroese) 19/2015 Uppskot til rikislógartilmæli um at seta í gildi fyri Føroyar partar av broytingum í hjúnabandslógini og rættarvirknaðarlógini Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in Faroese) Dagsskráin 2015 – Týsdagur, 24. November 2015, kl. 10:00 Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ Magnason, Svein (26 February 2016). "Nú kemur álitið um hjúnabandslógina" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

[1] "logting.fo". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2016-03-04.

[2] (in Faroese) Uppskot at broyta hjúnabandslógina latið tinginum

[3] (in Faroese) 19/2015 Uppskot til rikislógartilmæli um at seta í gildi fyri Føroyar partar av broytingum í hjúnabandslógini og rættarvirknaðarlógini Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine

[4] (in Faroese) Dagsskráin 2015 – Týsdagur, 24. November 2015, kl. 10:00 Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine

[kvf26-02-2016-5] Magnason, Svein (26 February 2016). "Nú kemur álitið um hjúnabandslógina" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

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