Helgi Abrahamsen

{{Short description|Faroese journalist and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Helgi Abrahamsen

|image = Helgi_Abrahamsen_2012.jpg

|caption =

|order = Member of the Løgting

|term_start = 2008

|term_end = 2015

|term_start1 = 2022

|term_end1 =

|order2 = Minister of trade

|term_start2 = 2019

|term_end2 = 2021

|predecessor2 = Poul Michelsen

|successor2 = Magnus Rasmussen

|constituency =

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|11|24|df=y}}

|birth_place = Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands{{cite web |url=http://www.helgi.org/27037872|title=Mín lívssøga|author= |date= |website=helgi.org |publisher= |access-date= 4 March 2021|language= Faroese}}

|death_date =

|death_place =

| residence = Strendur

| education = Danish School of Media and Journalism

|party = Union Party

|spouse = Oddbjørg Abrahamsen

|children = 3

}}

Helgi Abrahamsen (born 24 November 1966) is a Faroese journalist and politician of the conservative-liberal Union Party. He was a member of Løgting from 2008 to 2015. He lost his seat in the 2015 election but was re-elected in 2019. He was the Minister of Environment, Industry and Trade from 2019 until he stepped down and was replaced by Magnus Rasmussen in 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.government.fo/en/the-government/ministries/ministry-of-environment-industry-and-trade/minister-of-environment-industry-and-trade/ |title=Minister of Environment, Industry and Trade - The Government |author= |date= |website=government.fo |publisher= |access-date= 4 March 2021|quote=}}{{cite web |url=http://kvf.fo/greinar/2021/08/19/new-trade-and-environment-minister|title=New trade and environment minister|author=Johnsigurd Johannesen |date=19 August 2021 |website=kvf.fo |publisher=Kringvarp Føroya |access-date= 22 August 2021|quote=}}

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