Poul Michelsen
| Poul Michelsen | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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Assumed office 2002 |
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| Minister of trade and foreign affairs | |
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Assumed office 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Johan Dahl |
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In office 1984–1990 |
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| Mayor of Tórshavn | |
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In office 1981–1992 |
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| Preceded by | Petur Christiansen |
| Succeeded by | Lisbeth L. Petersen |
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| Born | 22 July 1944 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Political party | Progress (Framsókn) |
| Spouse(s) | Sólrún Michelsen (née Midjord) |
Poul Johan Sundberg Michelsen (born 22 July 1944 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese business man and politician, the leader of Progress (Framsókn), which he and others established in 2011. Earlier he was a member of People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin).
Michelsen grew up in Tórshavn and was active in sports. He was apprenticed as a commercial trainee at the Balslev company, which today is called Bygma-Balslev. Later, Kartni Winther and Torbjørn Sørensen bought the wholesale from Balslev and named it Kartni Winther. It was run by Kartni Winther, Torbjørn Sørensen and Poul Michelsen until Michelsen started his own whole sale business in 1974. Michelsen has been Finnish Consul General in the Faroe Islands since 2001. In January 2015 he was apponted the Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
His parents are Paula, born Sundberg, from Nes, Vágur in Suðuroy and Johan Michelsen from Tórshavn. He is married to the writer Sólrún Michelsen, they have three children.
Michelsen established a grocery shop in the basement of his home in 1974. The shop was a success and in 1977 it was established as a (Faroese: Partafelag, short form P/F), named Poul Michelsen after him. In 2014 the company had 180 FTEs. In 1979 he opened the Poul Michelsen wholesales which now (2015) includes refrigeration, freezing and catering, the company PM-pluss, which has 80 employees, offers cleaning and catering. Poul Michelsen P/F owns the company Atlantic Flutningur, which has 14 vans and trucks from 3,5 tons up to 32 tons, whose primary goal is to deliver milk and other refrigerated or frozen goods as fresh as possible around the Faroe Islands.
Michelsen was the Faroese champion in badminton in the men's single from 1966 to 1975 and Faroese champion in the men's double in 1968 and 1970–1974 together with Joan P. Midjord.
Michelsen is also a former football player and has won the Faroese championship in football for HB Tórshavn in 1971 (he scored both goals in the title decisive game away to KÍ Klaksvík, which ended 2-1) and the Faroe Islands Cup for HB Tórshavn in 1964, 1969, 1971 and 1972.
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