Kristina Háfoss

Kristina Háfoss (born Danielsen; 26 June 1975)[2] is a Faroese economist, lawyer, politician (Tjóðveldi)[3] and former national swimmer for the Faroe Islands.

Háfoss was a competition swimmer when she was a child and teenager, she swam for the local club in Tórshavn, Havnar Svimjifelag and for the Faroe Islands.

[2] After stopping her swimming career while attending high school in Hoydalar, she began playing volleyball on club level.

[6] She was economical advisor under the work of Action Plan for the outlying islands of the Faroes (in Faroese called Útoyggjar, the small islands which have very small populations and are not connected to the main area of the Faroes) 2000–2001, she worked as an economist in the Landsbanki Føroya 2004–2005 and Project Manager and investment advisor in Føroya Banki in 2006.

[3] In February 2008 she became Minister of Culture in the second cabinet of Jóannes Eidesgaard, but withdraw from the position for personal reasons a half year later.