# Anna Falkenberg

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{{Short description|Faroese politician (born 1996)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office       = [Member of the Folketing](/source/Member_of_the_Folketing)
| constituency = [Faroe Islands](/source/Faroe_Islands_(Folketing_constituency))
| country      = Denmark
| term_start   = 1 November 2022
| party        = [Union Party](/source/Union_Party_(Faroe_Islands))
| relatives    = [Edmund Joensen](/source/Edmund_Joensen) (grandfather)
| alma_mater   = [University of Copenhagen](/source/University_of_Copenhagen)
| predecessor  = [Edmund Joensen](/source/Edmund_Joensen)
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1996-1-4|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [Oyri](/source/Oyri), [Faroe Islands](/source/Faroe_Islands)
| image        = Lisa Murkowski, Sascha Faxe & Anna Falkenberg by Christian Ursilva.jpg
| caption      = Falkenberg in 2026
}}

'''Anna Falkenberg''' (born 4 January 1996)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anna Falkenberg / The Danish Parliament |url=https://www.thedanishparliament.dk/members/Anna-Falkenberg |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=The Danish Parliament}}</ref> is a Faroese politician who has been serving as [Member of the Folketing](/source/Member_of_the_Folketing) for the [Union Party](/source/Union_Party_(Faroe_Islands)) since 1 November 2022 where she was elected as part of the [2022 Danish general election](/source/2022_Danish_general_election). Falkenberg is the second ever Faroese woman to be elected to the Danish parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-01 |title=Færøsk valg sender et blåt og rødt mandat i Folketinget |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/folketingsvalg/faeroesk-valg-sender-et-blaat-og-roedt-mandat-i-folketinget |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref>

== Career and education ==
Falkenberg graduated from the [University of Copenhagen](/source/University_of_Copenhagen) with a [Master's degree](/source/Master's_degree) in political science.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Færøerne vælger en til hver blok |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/resultat-faeroesk-valg |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=Altinget.dk |language=da-DK}}</ref>

Falkenberg began her career in 2019 as a political advisor to her grandfather and Member of the Folketing [Edmund Joensen](/source/Edmund_Joensen).<ref name=":0" /> In November 2022, she replaced [Joensen](/source/Edmund_Joensen), who did not stand, as Member of the Folketing for the [Faroe Islands](/source/Faroe_Islands) after receiving 2,973 personal votes in the [2022 Danish general election](/source/2022_Danish_general_election). She has stated a desire to increase Faroese influence on foreign policy.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2022-11-01 |title=Færøsk mandat vil bestemme over egen udenrigspolitik |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/1684932 |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=Berlingske.dk |language=da}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Living people
Category:21st-century Danish women politicians
Category:Union Party (Faroe Islands) politicians
Category:Faroese members of the Folketing
Category:Members of the Folketing 2022–2026
Category:Members of the Folketing 2026–2030
Category:Women members of the Folketing
Category:University of Copenhagen alumni
Category:1996 births

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