Christian Andreasen

Christian Fribjart Andreasen (born 10 December 1959) is a Faroese lawyer, football administrator and politician. Since 2010, he has been president of the Faroe Islands Football Association. He also served as a member of the Faroese parliament, the Løgting, from 2019 to 2022.

Early life and career Andreasen was born in Toftir on 10 December 1959, the son of John Svenning Andreasen and his wife Hallgerð Olsen. He holds a matriculation examination from the Føroya Studentaskúli og HF-Skeið in Tórshavn, a law degree from the University of Copenhagen and is a member of the Danish Supreme Court. He is a lawyer and partner in what was originally Leif Waagstein's law firm in Tórshavn. Andreasen has also been chairman of Atlantic Airways, the construction company J&K Petersen and Tórshavn's largest shopping mall, SMS.

Administrative roles Andreasen was elected head of the Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF) on 27 February 2010 with 11 votes to 8 in an election against former president Høgni í Stórustovu. He was re-elected president of the federation on 24 February 2021, having done so in 2013 and 2017. In addition to being president/chairman of the FSF, he is also a trustee in both UEFA and FIFA. He himself played as a goalkeeper for B68 Toftir in his youth. In March 2022, he took over as party chairman, but resigned after the parliamentary election in November of that year, as he did not believe he had received support for necessary changes in the party. He also declined to be renominated to the Parliament.