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Frælsið 20, FO-100 Tórshavn
Faroe Islands
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My research interest centres on physical education and exercise science and especially on how physical literacy develops in youth and adolescence. Trained in human physiology and in biomedical engineering, my research skills are quantitative in nature. I have a special interest in cardiorespiratory fitness and endurance training.
Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) in all subjects: didactics and methods of teaching, exercie physiology, physical activity.
I am an Assistant Professor in Physical Eduaction and a PhD student at the Faculty of Education of Education at the University of the Faroe Islands. I teach in the PETE programme and my PhD thesis centres on a school intervention with a FIT FIRST physical eduction programme and the effects on fitness, health and well-being of children and adolescents. In combination with this, I am establishing a university human performance lab.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Master, MSc Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
1 Sept 2008 → 8 Apr 2011
Award Date: 8 Apr 2011
Bachelor, BSc Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
1 Sept 2005 → 25 Jun 2008
Award Date: 25 Jun 2008
Bachelor, BSc , University of Copenhagen
1 Sept 2002 → 23 Sept 2006
Award Date: 23 Sept 2005
National Coach in Cycling and Triathlon, Faroe Islands Cycling and Triathlon Associtation
1 Jan 2021 → …
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Harriet Hammer (Organiser), Helgi Winther Olsen (Participant), Eli Nolsøe Leifsson (Participant), Eina Hansen Eliasen (Participant), Zvonimir P. Đ. Mrdalo (Participant) & Tróndur Møller Sandoy (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Harriet Hammer (Organiser), Anna Sofía Veyhe (Organiser), Marin Strøm (Organiser), Pál Magni Weihe (Organiser), Magni Mohr (Organiser), Eina Hansen Eliasen (Participant), Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen (Participant), Annbjørg Abrahamsen (Participant), Helgi Winther Olsen (Participant), Tórunn Højgaard Ósá (Participant) & Halla Weihe Reinert (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Erla Olsen (Member of programme committee), Annika Antoniussen (Member of programme committee), Noomi Reinert í Dali (Chair), Kalpana Vijayavarathan - R (Member of programme committee), Laufey H. Blaasvær (Organiser), Hans Harryson (Member of programme committee), Poul Fossdal Guttesen (Member of programme committee), Sonja Olsen (Organiser), Frida Poulsen (Organiser), Ivonna A. S. Johansen (Participant), Rúna í Skála (Organiser), Ingi Heinesen Højsted (Organiser), Bára Berghamar Danielsen (Organiser), Sigrid L. Vesturgarð (Participant), Oddur á Lakjuni (Organiser), Rakul Skaale Andreasen (Organiser), Katrin av Kák (Participant), Helgi Winther Olsen (Organiser), Páll Isholm (Chair) & Sissal Maria Rasmussen (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Helgi Winther Olsen (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation