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Place of Birth: Trongisvágur
About Heðin Mortensen
- Heðin Mortensen (born April 7, 1946) is a Faroese politician for the (Social Democratic Party).
- He was mayor of the Municipality of Tórshavn from January 1, 2005 to December 31st, 2016.Mortensen was born in Trongisvágur.
- He worked as a mechanic from 1961 to 1978, when he became an insurance agent for The Faroe Insurance Company (Faroese: Tryggingarfelagið Føroyar).
- He headed the Tórshavn Rowing Club from 1973 to 1979, the Tórshavn Athletics Association (Faroese: Tórshavnar Ítróttarráð) from 1975 to 1978, and the Faroese Athletics Association (Faroese: Ítróttasamband Føroya) from 1980 to 2000.
- He was also the chair of the Tórshavn Theater Society from 1996 to 2003.
- He has been a supervisory board member of the power company SEV since 1973 and was its director from 1993 to 1997. In politics, Mortensen became a member of the Tórshavn municipal council in 1973.
- He served as deputy mayor from 2001 to 2005 before becoming mayor.
- He was a member of the Union Party from 1988 to 2004.
- As a member of the Union Party, Mortensen was also active in politics at the national level.
- He intermittently participated in the Faroese Parliament as a deputy representative from 1989 to 1991 and in 1993.
- He later served in the Faroese Parliament as a representative from the South Streymoy (Faroese: Suðurstreymoy) district from 1998 to 2004.
- He became a deputy representative again in 2008, but this time for the Social Democratic Party.
- In 2015 he was elected to the Faroese Parliament as a member of the Social Democratic Party. Mortensen has received numerous Nordic honors for his involvement in sports.
- He was named a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1991, and a knight 1st class of the same order in 2003. Mortensen is a supporter of whaling in the Faroe Islands.
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