She is the current Minister of Education, Research and Culture of the Faroe Islands.

[2] Dam was elected member of the Faroese parliament for Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin) in 2011.

On 15 September 2015 she was elected Minister of Culture in the Cabinet of Aksel V.

Rigmor Dam is married to Arnbjørn Ó. Dalsgarð, a librarian, writer and one of two editors of the Faroese magazine Vencil.

[4] They have three children: Bergur, Sára Maria and Rói.