Jón Leifs

male, deceased (1968)
Jews and Judaism in Iceland, Consolation, Intermezzo for string orchestra, Jewish person, Reykjavik, Wernigerode, Baden-Baden
Jón Leifs was an Icelandic composer. He left Iceland in 1916 to study in Germany at the Leipzig Conservatory. He graduated in 1921 having studied p...

Björn Bjarnason

male, 65 years old
bilderberg group, city council, Rut Ingólfsdóttir, Almenna bókafélagið, Reykjavík Junior College, Independence Party…Reykjavik
Björn Bjarnason (born 14 November, 1944) is the Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs of Iceland, and has been since May 23, 2003. His f...

Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir

female, 55 years old
Women's Alliance, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Womens's Alliance, Samtök um kvennalista, Social Democratic Alliance, Samfylkingin…Reykjavik
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir is an Icelandic politician and Chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance ("Samfylkingin"), the second largest polit...
Geir Haarde

Geir Haarde

male, 58 years old
alliance, Social Democratic Alliance, Johns Hopkins University, International relations, National Leader, School of Advanced International Studies…Reykjavik
Geir Hilmar Haarde (born April 8, 1951) is Prime Minister of Iceland and chairman of the Independence Party. Geir became Prime Minister on June 15...

Davíð Oddsson

male, 61 years old
Prime Minister of Iceland, icelandic, Foreign minister, Mayor, politician, Reykjavik
Davíð Oddsson (born 17 January 1948 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of Iceland, holding office fro...

Össur Skarphéðinsson

male
Minister of Industry of Iceland, politician, doctoral degree, icelandic, constituency, university of east anglia…Reykjavik
Össur Skarphéðinsson is an Icelandic politician. Since May 24, 2007 he has been Minister of Industry of Iceland. He is a member of the par...

Halldór Ásgrímsson

male, 62 years old
University of Iceland faculty, Accounting educator, Accountant, Nordic Council of Minister, Independence Party, Alþingi…Reykjavik
Halldór Ásgrímsson (born September 8, 1947) was the 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland. The leader of the Progressive Party 1994-2006, he took over as...

Árni Magnússon

male, deceased (1730)
Nobel Prize, icelandic, Scholar, University of Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Icelandic króna
Árni Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts. Also widely known by his Danish name Arne Magnussen, Árni was a professor at...

Pétur Gunnarsson

male, 62 years old
screenwriting, writer, icelandic, Master's Degree, Reykjavik, novelist
Pétur Gunnarsson is an Icelandic writer born in Reykjavík on June 15, 1947. He received his Master's Degree in philosophy in a French university. He...

Ásmundur Sveinsson

male, deceased (1982)
sculptor, icelandic, Reykjavik
Ásmundur Sveinsson was an Icelandic sculptor, was born at Kolsstadir in West Iceland on May 20,1893 and died in Reykjavík on December 9, 1982.