West Nordic Day


16:30 - 19:00
Elissa Auditorium

Program:

Part 1:
The situation in the Faroe Islands and Greenland

in Danish:

16:30 Opening, Jón Gnarr, Chairman of the West Nordic Council.

16:32 Welcome, Hrannar Björn Arnarsson, Chairman of the Nordic Society.

16:35 The situation in the Faroe Islands, Janus Páll Rein, lawyer.

16:45 The situation in Greenland, Karsten Peter Jensen, Head of the Greenland Embassy in Reykjavík.

16:55 Panel discussion and questions from the audience, Janus Páll Rein, Karsten Peter Jensen, and Steinunn Þóra Árnadóttir, former chairman of the West Nordic Council and former member of the Icelandic Parliament representative in the Nordic Council.

17:15 Coffee break

Part 2:

Parliamentary electoral system in the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland

in Icelandic and Danish:

17:25 Parliamentary electoral system in the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland, Ólafur Þ. Harðarson, professor emeritus.

17:45 Panel discussion and questions from the audience, Ólafur Þ. Harðarson, Bryndís Haraldsdóttir, Member of Parliament and former Chair of the West Nordic Council and former President of the Nordic Council, Janus Páll Rein.

18:15 Summary, Bogi Ágústsson

Part 3:

Reception

18:20 Stories from the 40-year history of the West Nordic Council, Jón Gnarr

18:25 Reception, hosted by: The West Nordic Council

18:45 End of programme

Meeting facilitator: Bogi Ágústsson

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