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Katrin Kallsberg (born 30 July 1967 in Denmark) is a Faroese gynaecologist and politician Republic (Tjóðveldi).
Background
She was born in Denmark by Faroese parents and lived there the first six years of her life, until the family moved back to the Faroe Islands. The rest of her childhood she lived in Eiði (1975-1979) and Tórshavn where her father Kaj Kallsberg was working as a physician. At the age of 16 she spent one year in the U.S. as an exchange student. After that she went to the high school of Tórshavn in Hoydalar. She studied medicine in Denmark and specialized to become a gynaecologist.
In 1995, before moving back to the Faroe Islands, she worked as a physician in Srebrenica with Doctors Without Borders for a short period. After Screbrenica she moved back to the Faroe Islands to work as a gynaecologist and consultant surgeon at the hospital in Tórshavn, Landssjúkrahúsið.
Kallsberg was chairwomen of the Faroese Equal Status Council (Javnstøðunevndin) from March 2012 until February 2016.
Kallsberg has participated in the Faroese TV-documentary Fólksins Rødd and participates in the Faroese radio debate programme Also.
Political career
She was elected to the Løgting representing Republic (Tjóðveldi) at the 2015 general election with 396 personal votes.
Member of standing committees of the Løgting
- 2015-2019 Chairwoman of the Welfare Committee
- 2015-2019 Member of the Culture Committee
Personal life
Katrin Kallsberg is the daughter of Olga and Kaj Kallsberg. She lost her husband Poul Henrik Poulsen in 2005, he died from cancer. She has two children with him, Brandur and Sólja.