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Bjørt Samuelsen

Politician

Bjørt Samuelsen is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bjørt Samuelsen · Бьёрт Самуэльсен · بچورت سامويلسين				[sources]
Other name	Самуэльсен, Бьёрт				[sources]
Birth date	1965-03-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Tórshavn				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Faroe Islands				[sources]
Country	Faroe Islands				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Bjørt				[sources]
Last name	Samuelsen				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q804182				[sources]
Position	Løgting (member, 2008-2011) · Løgting (member, 2011-2015) · Member of the Løgting (2008-) · Speaker of the Løgting of the Faroe Islands (2022-)				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Faroese journalist and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Løgting	2011-10-29	2015-09-01
Member of the Løgting	2008

Data sources

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,909

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Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,917

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Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,014

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Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,188

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata350,128

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-6acaebc5-51d1-4ea4-9296-1d58ee152eae · dk-pep-bjort-samuelsen

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