Edmund Joensen

Edmund Esbern Johannes Joensen (born 19 September 1944 in Oyri on Eysturoy) is a Faroese politician, who was the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1994 to 1998. From 2015 to 2022 served as a member of the Danish Folketing, being one of two Faroese seats in parliament. He did not stand in the 2022 Danish general election and his granddaughter Anna Falkenberg replaced him as Member of the Folketing for the Union Party of which Joensen is a member.

Edmund Joensen
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
In office 15 September 1994 – 15 May 1998
Deputy	Jóannes Eidesgaard
Preceded by	Marita Petersen
Succeeded by	Anfinn Kallsberg
Speaker of the Løgting
In office 2002–2008
Preceded by	Finnbogi Ísakson
Succeeded by	Hergeir Nielsen
Member of the Folketing
In office 5 June 2019 – 31 October 2022
Constituency	Faroe Islands
In office 13 November 2007 – 18 June 2015
Constituency	Faroe Islands
In office 21 September 1994 – 11 March 1998
Constituency	Faroe Islands
Member of the Løgting
In office 17 November 1988 – 29 October 2011
In office 1 September 2015 – 31 August 2019
Leader of Sambandsflokkurin
In office 1991–2001
Personal details
Born	Edmund Esbern Johannes Joensen (1944-09-19) 19 September 1944 Oyri, Eysturoy, British-occupied Faroe Islands
Political party	Sambandsflokkurin
Spouse	Edfríð Joensen (née Johannesen)
Relatives	Anna Falkenberg (granddaughter)

Political career

He was first elected to the Løgting in 1988, and remained in parliament until 2011. He was Prime Minister from 1994 to 1998, speaker of the parliament from 2002 to 2008, and member of the Danish Folketing from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2007 to 2015, and again from 2019. The Faroe Islands elect two members to the Danish Folketing. He returned to the Løgting from 2015 to 2019.

External links

• Sambandsflokkurin (in Faroese)
• Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)