Helena Dam á Neystabø

Neystabø grew up in Copenhagen as the daughter of seminar teacher Ása Hátún and Atli Dam, the Faroese Social Democratic Prime Minister. Her grandfather Peter Mohr Dam was also Prime Minister. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old, and she moved to the Faroe Islands with her mother when she was 13 years of age. In 1981, she married director Kristian á Neystabø from Haldórsvík;^[1] one of their children is musician Dánjal á Neystabø.^[2]

Neystabø has a master's degree in German and Danish language and literature from the University of Copenhagen in 1983 and Master of Public Administration. After graduating, she has lived in the Faroe Islands, where she was first a high school teacher at Eysturoy, then a clerk in the Directorate of Education with responsibility for vocational training. In 1988, she was a consultant at Færøyenes skolebokforlag and in 1990, was general manager.^[1] In 2012, she became principal at Føroya Handilsskúli.^[3][4]