Pauli Ellefsen

Joen Pauli Højgaard Ellefsen (20 April 1936[1] – 24 August 2012) was a Faroese politician and member of the Union Party.

He lived in Denmark while he was studying and a few years after that, but in the early 1970s, he moved back to the Faroes with his family.

He and Jógvan Sundstein, who later became Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, worked together as Chartered Accountants.

From 1974 to 1990 he was the chairman of the Union Party, which advocates a stronger bond between Denmark and the Faroe Islands.

Ellefsen was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog, Knight 1st Class (Ridder af 1. grad) on 7 May 1984.