Anfinn Kallsberg

Anfinn Kallsberg ( born November 19, 1947 in Klaksvík ) is a Faroese politician, former Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands and Chairman of the Conservative People's Party ( Fólkaflokkurin ).

Biography

Anfinn Kallsberg is the son of housewife Katrina and the foreman Gunnar Kallsberg from Klaksvík. He is married to Berghild, born Matras Viðareiði, with whom he has three children. The family lives in Viðareiði.

After an apprenticeship to the office trading merchant in Klaksvík Kallsberg be made ​​in 1974 as an accountant independently. From 1974 to 1980 he was also a member of the Council of the Commune Viðareiði. Since 1980 he is a member of Løgtings, which he chaired from 1991 to 1993. The Faroese state government he belonged 1983-1985, 1989 and 1996-1998 as Minister.

After Løgtingswahl of 30 April 1998 to 2004 Kallsberg was in a coalition with Høgni Hoydals Republicans ( Tjóðveldisflokkurin ) Head of Government of the Faroe Islands. Today he is indeed no longer the state government, but his People's Party is now a coalition partner of the Social Democrats ( Javnaðarflokkurin ) under Jóannes Eidesgaard.

His reign together with Hoydal was characterized by a policy of detachment of the Faroe Islands of Denmark, with the aim to establish the Faroe Islands as an independent republic. Both the conservative People's Party and the Republicans are left at this point traditionally close. However, it came in 2000 to the total collapse of negotiations with Denmark. A planned 2001 referendum on the Faroe Islands was called off when it became clear that there will be no clear majority for independence.

Was re-elected that this coalition in 2002, observers write a good part of an oil fund to which was reported a few days before the election. Petroleum is an important factor of hope of the Faroe Islands and would be an important economic basis for a future sovereign island nation. But in 2003 it came to a confrontation between Hoydal and Kallsberg when a book came out that dealt with Kallsbergs creative accounting many years ago. After the snap elections in 2004 Kallsberg then signed the coalition agreement with the Social Democrats and the pro- Danish Sambandsflokkurin.

From 2005 to 2007 Annfinn Kallsberg was (as well Høgni Hoydal ) Member of the Danish Folketing. Even before he took in 1991 and 1994 to 1998 the Faroe Islands at the international level in the Nordic Council.

On 21 March 2007, he announced that he would retire from politics, to make younger people.