1. Home services
    1. Home nursing care
    2. Home care
    3. Other services
    4. Day-care centers
    5. Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy Unit
    6. Round-the-clock rehabilitation
    7. Short-term place
    8. Preventive home visits
    9. Municipal Dementia Coordinator
    10. Meal service
    11. Cleaning support
    12. Care Compensation
    13. Special transport
    14. The “Smæran” Activity Center
    15. Volunteer work
    16. Pamphlets
  2. Residential Homes for the elderly
    1. Norðoya Ellis- og Vistarheim
    2. Norðoya Røktarheim
    3. Sambýlið á Heygnum
    4. Heimið við Vágna
    5. Sambýlið í Bøgøtu
  3. About us
    1. Norðoya Bú- og Heimatænasta
    2. The Management Board
    3. Staff
    4. The Structure
    5. Data protection
    6. Law, Announcements and other things
    7. Appeal options
    8. Inspection
    9. Council of Senior citizens
    10. Students and pupils
    11. Annual Reports
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  5. News
English
  1. Norðoya Bú- og Heimatænasta
  2. The Management Board
  3. Staff
  4. The Structure
  5. Data protection
  6. Law, Announcements and other things
  7. Appeal options
  8. Inspection
  9. Council of Senior citizens
  10. Students and pupils
  11. Annual Reports

Council of Senior citizens

The Northern Islands Council of Senior citizens is a democratically elected council that is elected at the same time as city council elections, for a four-year term.

The purpose of the Council for Senior citizens is:
To improve and expand the relationship between senior citizens in the Northern Islands and Norðoya Bu- og Heimatænastu.

The members of the Council of Senior citizens for the election period 2025-2028 are:

  • Steinbjørn O. Jacobsen, chairman
  • Gunvør Sigurðsson, deputy chairman
  • Elsa Hansen, cashier
  • skrivaMargreta í Buð, keeper of the minutes
  • Gerda Absalonsen
  • Finnur Jacobsen
  • Hanna Fuglø
  • Hanus Poulsen
  • Sunniva Simonsen
  • Eghild Poulsen

Chairman Steinbjørn O. Jacobsen can be reached on tel. 216181. T

he bylaws for the Council of Senior Citizens can be seen here.