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Bárður á Steig Nielsen

Politician

Bárður á Steig Nielsen 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	Bardur a Steig Nielsen · Bárður Nielsen · Bárður á Steig Nielsen · Μπάρδουρ α Στέιγκ Νίλσεν · Барур а Стай Нільсэн · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Bárdur á Steig Nielsen · Bárður á Steig Nielsen · Нильсен, Боардур оа Стайг · 巴德·斯泰格·尼爾森				[sources]
Weak alias	巴尔聚尔·奥·斯泰格·尼尔森				[sources]
Birth date	1972-04-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Vestmanna				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Faroe Islands				[sources]
Country	Denmark · Faroe Islands				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (past)				[sources]
First name	Bárður · Bárður á Steig				[sources]
Last name	Nielsen				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q853551				[sources]
Position	Finance Minister of the Faroe Islands (2004-2007) · Løgting (member, 2004-2008) · Løgting (member, 2011-2015) · Løgting (member, 2015-) · Minister of Foreign Affairs (2022-2022) · 2 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-13	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Faroese businessperson and politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Social Affairs	2022-11-13	2022-12-22

Data sources

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,898

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Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

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Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,038

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-09a27ec3-c737-40cc-b6a0-e376f35d9822 · dk-pep-bardur-a-steig-nielsen

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