Finn Karlsen

Finn Karlsen (born 1952 in Upernavik) is a Greenlandic politician. He represents the Atassut party.

His political career started in 1989, when he was elected to the municipal council of Narsaq Municipality. He took his seat in the Landstinget (Parliament) in 1995, and became Environment Minister in 2003, and Fishery and Food Minister in 2005.

In November 2007, he became Minister for Fisheries, Food, and Land Use.

 Summary of the 13 November 2007 Parliament of Denmark election results

Parties		Leaders	Votes	%	Seats	+/ –
Denmark
	Liberals (Venstre) (V)	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	908,472	26.2%	46	–6
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	Helle Thorning-Schmidt	881,037	25.5%	45	–2
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	Pia Kjærsgaard	479,532	13.9%	25	+1
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Villy Søvndal	450,975	13.0%	23	+12
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Bendt Bendtsen	359,404	10.4%	18	±0
	Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Margrethe Vestager	177,161	5.1%	9	–8
	New Alliance (Ny Alliance) (Y)	Naser Khader	97,295	2.8%	5	+5
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	Collective leadership	74,982	2.2%	4	–2
	Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne) (K)	Bodil Kornbek	30,013	0.9%	0	±0
	Candidates without parties		549	0.0%	0	±0
Subtotal			3,459,420	100.0%	175
Faroe Islands
	Republic (Tjóðveldi) (E)	Høgni Hoydal	5,949	25.4	1	±0.0 %
	Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) (B)	Kaj Leo Johannesen	5,413	23.5	1	+2.1 %
	People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) (A)	Jørgen Niclasen	4,726	20.5	0	-3.6 %
	Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) (C)	Jóannes Eidesgaard	4,702	20.4	0	-1.8 %
	Centre Party (Miðflokkurin) (H)	Álvur Kirke	1,577	6.8	0	+3.5 %
	Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (D)	Kári P. Højgaard	797	3.5	0	+1.1 %
Subtotal			23,164	100%	2
Greenland
	Inuit Community (Inuit Ataqatigiit)	Josef Motzfeldt	7,107	33.5	1
	Forward (Siumut)	Aleqa Hammond	6,658	31.4	1
	Feeling of Community (Atassut)	Finn Karlsen	4,004	18.9	0
	Democrats (Demokraatit)	Per Berthelsen	3,436	16.2	0
Subtotal			21,205	100%	2
Total (Turnout: 86.6 %)					179

 Summary of the 15 September 2011 Parliament of Denmark election results^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Parties		Leaders	Votes	%	Seats	±
Denmark proper
	Liberals (Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti) (V)	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	947,725	26.7%	47	+1
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	Helle Thorning-Schmidt	879,615	24.8%	44	−1
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	Pia Kjærsgaard	436,726	12.3%	22	−3
	Danish Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	Margrethe Vestager	336,698	9.5%	17	+8
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Villy Søvndal	326,192	9.2%	16	−7
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	Collective leadership	236,860	6.7%	12	+8
	Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance) (I)	Anders Samuelsen	176,585	5.0%	9	+4
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Lars Barfoed	175,047	4.9%	8	−10
	Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne) (K)	Per Ørum Jørgensen	28,070	0.8%	0	±0
	Candidates without parties		1,850	0.1%	0	±0
	Red Alliance (A, B, F, Ø)	Helle Thorning-Schmidt	1,779,365	50.2%	89	+8
	Blue Alliance (C, I, K, O, V)	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	1,764,153	49.8%	86	−8
	Invalid votes		34,307
Subtotal (Turnout: 87.7% – electorate: 4,079,910)			3,545,368	100.0%	175
Faroe Islands
	Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) (B)	Kaj Leo Johannesen	6,361	30.8%	1	±0
	Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) (C)	Aksel Johannesen	4,328	21.0%	1	+1
	Republic (Tjóðveldi) (E)	Høgni Hoydal	3,998	19.4%	0	−1
	People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin) (A)	Jørgen Niclasen	3,932	19.0%	0	±0
	Centre Party (Miðflokkurin) (H)	Jenis av Rana	872	4.2%	0	±0
	Self-Government Party (Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (D)	Kári á Rógvu	481	2.3%	0	±0
	Candidates without parties		672	3.3%	0	±0
	Invalid votes		301
Subtotal (Turnout: 58.9% – electorate: 35,044)			20,644	100.0%	2
Greenland
	Inuit Community (Inuit Ataqatigiit)	Kuupik Kleist	9,780	42.7%	1	±0
	Forward (Siumut)	Aleqa Hammond	8,499	37.1%	1	±0
	Democrats (Demokraatit)	Jens B. Frederiksen	2,882	12.6%	0	±0
	Feeling of Community (Atassut)	Finn Karlsen	1,728	7.5%	0	±0
	Candidates without parties		24	0.1%	0	±0
	Invalid votes		612
Subtotal (Turnout: 57.4% – electorate: 40,935)			22,913	100.0%	2
Overall
	Red Alliance (A, B, F, Ø, Siumut, Inuit Ataqatigiit, Javnaðarflokkurin)	Helle Thorning-Schmidt	1,801,972	50.2%	92
	Blue Alliance (V, O, I, C, K, Union Party)	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	1,770,514	49.3%	87
Total (Turnout: 87.2% – electorate: 4,156,735)			3,588,919	100.0%	179

All turnout figures include invalid votes, subtotals and totals exclude invalid votes

References

1. "Folketingsvalg torsdag 15. september 2011". dst.dk. Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
2. "Kringvarp.fo - Valúrslit". kringvarp.fo. Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
3. "Letter to Statistics Denmark regarding the Faroese election results" (PDF). dst.dk. Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
4. "Folketingimut qinersineq 2011-mi inernerit". knr.gl. KNR. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
5. "Letter to Statistics Denmark regarding the Greenlandic election results" (PDF). dst.dk. Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

External links

• Profile at Nanoq.gl