Kári Páll Højgaard is the current head of the Faroese Independence Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) and President of the West Nordic Council.

He was elected as member of the Faroese Parliament

Løgting

Løgting is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands, a self-ruling dependency of Denmark.The name literally means "Law Thing" - that is, a law assembly - and derives from Old Norse lǫgþing, which was a name given to ancient assemblies. A ting or Þing has existed on the Faroe Islands for over...

 on 27 February 2001, and took over as party leader the following year.

He has been member of the City Council in Runavík

Runavík

Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in the Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy. The municipality of the same name incorporates 14 settlements including Æðuvík, Rituvík, Saltangará, Glyvrar, Lambi, Lambareiði, Søldarfjørður, Skipanes, Skáli, Skálafjørður,...

 from 1988 to 31. December 2008, and is currently living in Saltangará

Saltangará

Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Eysturoy Skalafjordur-inlet between Rituvík and Søldarfjørður....

.

Højgaard was member of The Environment and Natural Resources Committee of the Nordic Council

Nordic Council

The Nordic Council is a geo-political, inter-parliamentary forum for co-operation between the Nordic countries. It was established following World War II and its first concrete result was the introduction in 1952 of a common labour market and free movement across borders without passports for the...

in the period 2004-2008.

In November 2011 Højgaard became Minister of Internal Affairs, in the ABDH government for the period 2011-2015.

External links

• Official web site
• sjalvstyri.fo
• Council of Runavík
• Norden.org Nordic Council - Official co-operation in the Nordic Region
• Members of the Faroese Parliament