Sara Olsvig | |
Office: | Leader of the Inuit Ataqatigiit |
Term Start: | 30 May 2014 |
Term End: | 1 Dec 2018 |
Deputy: | Aqqaluaq B. Egede |
Predecessor: | Kuupik Kleist |
Successor: | Múte Bourup Egede |
Office1: | Chairwoman of the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region |
Term Start1: | 20 September 2013 |
Term End1: | 15 September 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Morten Høglund |
Successor1: | Eirik Sivertsen |
Office2: | Member of the Greenlandic Parliament |
Term Start2: | 13 March 2013 |
Office3: | Deputy member of the Nordic Council |
Term Start3: | 15 September 2011 |
Term End3: | 15 September 2014 |
Office4: | The Danish Parliament's representative in the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region |
Term Start4: | 15 September 2011 |
Term End4: | 20 September 2013 |
Office5: | Member of the Danish Parliament |
Term Start5: | 15 September 2011 |
Term End5: | 15 September 2014 |
Deputy5: | Johan Lund Olsen |
Predecessor5: | Juliane Henningsen |
Successor5: | Johan Lund Olsen |
Office6: | Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council |
Term Start6: | 2022 |
Predecessor6: | Dalee Sambo Dorough |
Birth Date: | 26 September 1978 |
Birth Place: | Nuuk, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark |
Citizenship: | Kingdom of Denmark |
Nationality: | Greenlandic |
Party: | Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) |
Children: | Navarana |
Alma Mater: | University of Copenhagen University of Greenland |
Profession: | Master of Science in Anthropology |
Website: | www.ia.gl www.iafolketingimi.dk www.ia.gl/sara-olsvig |
Sara Olsvig (born 26 September 1978) is a Greenlandic politician and former leader (2014–2018) of the Inuit Ataqatigiit political party. She occupied one of Greenland's two seats in the Danish Folketing, 15 September 2011 – 15 September 2014.[1]
As of 2022, she is chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council.[2]