Benedikte Thorsteinsson
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Benedikte Thorsteinsson | |
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| Minister for Social Affairs and Labor of Greenland | |
| In office 4 April 1995 – 19 September 1997 | |
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| Born | 12 February 1950 Eqaluit, Greenland |
Benedikte "Bendó" Sara Nanna Thorsteinsson Abelsdóttir (née Kristiansen; born 12 February 1950)[1] is a Greenlandic politician (Siumut).
Benedikte Thorsteinsson is the tenth of fifteen children of the sheep breeder Abraham Terkild Abel Kristiansen (1918-?) and his wife Hanne Malene Dorthea Lise Rosing (1914-?),[1] a sister of Nikolaj Rosing (1912-1976). She is the sister-in-law of the politician Ûssarĸak K'ujaukitsoĸ (1948-2018) and thus the aunt of Vittus Qujaukitsoq (* 1971). Another niece is Anna Wangenheim (born 1982). Her father was chairman of the sheep breeders' association he founded and was also active as a local politician.[citation needed]
