Career
She was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs in the Faroe Islands (2011-2015) and Minister of Internal Affairs from 2008 to 2011 representing the People"s Party (Faroe Islands). Annika Olsen has an Master of Arts in Nordic languages and literature with a supplementary subject in religion. At the general election 2015, the People"s Party lost two seats in the Faroese parliament, they got 18.9% of the votes and 6 members.
Annika Olsen got second most votes of the parties candidates.
Eight days after the election, Olsen who had received 961 personal votes, left the People"s Party, which means that the party lost one member and now has 5 parliament members. On 17 September she joined the Liberal party Progress, which is part of the governing coalition.
She was subsequently elected as chairman of the Fiscal committee. Three days later, she regret her decision and left Progress and also said she would not be the chairman of the Fiscal committee.
She needed some time alone with her family and took leave from the parliament.
She asked the people who elected her to forgive her, she had had too little time to think before she joined another party. She also attended the Island Games 1989 in the Faroe Islands.