Education
She finished lower secondary school in Sørvágs skúli in 1976 and finished High School (High Frequency) Føroya Studentaskúli og High Frequency-Skeið in 1978.
She finished lower secondary school in Sørvágs skúli in 1976 and finished High School (High Frequency) Føroya Studentaskúli og High Frequency-Skeið in 1978.
Samuelsen took a degree as Economist and Historian (candmag) from Roskilde University in 1992. She joined the Social Democratic Party in 1988. She was elected in the town council of Klaksvík for the first time in 1997.
At the 2011 elections she was elected to the parliament and in 2015 she was reelected with 433 personal votes which was third most on her parties list.
She has been a member of the Faroese parliament since 8 February 2008, the first years from 2008-2011 she was not directly elected but became a member when Helena Dam á Neystabø became minister.