Christian Andreasen (politician)
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Christian Andreasen | |
|---|---|
| President of the Faroe Islands Football Association | |
| Assumed office 27 February 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Høgni í Stórustovu |
| Leader of the People's Party | |
| In office 18 March 2022 – 10 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jørgen Niclasen |
| Succeeded by | Beinir Johannesen |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 31 August 2019 – 8 December 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 December 1959 |
| Party | People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) |
Christian Fribjart Andreasen (born 10 December 1959) is a Faroese lawyer, football administrator and politician. Since 2010, he has been president of the Faroe Islands Football Association. He also served as a member of the Faroese parliament, the Løgting, from 2019 to 2022.
Andreasen was born in Toftir on 10 December 1959, the son of John Svenning Andreasen and his wife Hallgerð Olsen.[1] He holds a matriculation examination from the Føroya Studentaskúli og HF-Skeið in Tórshavn, a law degree from the University of Copenhagen and is a member of the Danish Supreme Court.[2] He is a lawyer and partner in what was originally Leif Waagstein's law firm in Tórshavn. Andreasen has also been chairman of Atlantic Airways, the construction company J&K Petersen and Tórshavn's largest shopping mall, SMS.