Sjúrður Skaale

Sjúrður Skaale (born 8 March 1967 in Tórshavn) is a Faeroese politician (JF), journalist, actor, singer, and comedian.

He took his examen artium at Føroya Studentaskúli og HF-skeið in 1987, and obtained his Cand.polit. after studying political science in Copenhagen and Madrid. He also studied Spanish in Colombia and Copenhagen. Skaale worked at Tórshavnar Vatnverk 1987–1988, and was a journalist at Dimmalætting and Sosialurin 1989–1990, a journalist at Kringvarp Føroya 1996–1999, advisor for the Faroese Government 1999–2001 and secretary of The North Atlantic Group (Danish: Den Nordatlantiske Gruppe, Faroese: Norðuratlantsbólkurin) 2001–2005. From 2005–2008, he worked in the public sector, as a high school teacher and as an independent consultant in education.

He was a member of the Tjóðveldi (Republican Party) until 26 May 2011, and left after disagreements with the leader of the party and the other members of the Løgting from Tjóðveldi regarding their work with preparing a bill for a Faroese constitution (Faroese: Stjórnarskipanaruppskotið). Later that year, he joined Javnaðarflokkurin. Skaale was elected to the Løgting from 2008–2011, and was a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs of the Løgting. He was also elected to the Danish Folketing 2007–2011, and covered for Høgni Hoydal from 19 February 2007 until 8 September 2008. The Faroe Islands has two members in the Danish Folketing. Skaale has been a member of the Folketing since 2011, and is the chairman of the Folketing's Faeroes group, part of Denmark's delegation to the Nordic Council and a member of the Folketing's foreign policy committee. Before the election to the Danish Folketing, Skaale and the Social Democratic Party promised the Faroese voters, that he and the other candidates of the party would not run for the Faroese Løgting as well, if they were elected, because they believed that it was impossible to be a full-time member of the Faroese parliament and a full-time member of the Danish Folketing at the same time. And Skaale kept his promise, he was not a candidate for the Faroese elections in 2011.

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