Bjarni Ármannsson

male
icelandic, University of Iceland, Business Person, Reykjavik University, Glitnir, Reykjavik
Bjarni Ármannsson was appointed CEO of Glitnir, a leading financial group based in Iceland, in the year 2000. The group offers universal banking a...
Olaf de Fleur

Olaf de Fleur

male, 34 years old
film producer, Act Normal, Africa United, Icelandic Film Awards, The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela, Reykjavik
Olaf de Fleur is an Icelandic film director and producer. He studied physics in Reykjavík, graduating in 1995. Since then he has participated in m...

Kristján Eldjárn

male, deceased (1982)
National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik, voter turnout, pagan, doctorate, University of Iceland
Dr. Kristján Eldjárn was 3rd president of Iceland, from 1968 to 1980. His parents were Þórarinn Kr. Eldjárn, a teacher in Tjörn, and Sigrún Sigurhj...
Hannes Hafstein

Hannes Hafstein

male, deceased (1922)
poet, Prime Minister of Iceland, icelandic, University of Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Althing
Hannes Þórður Pétursson Hafstein was an Icelandic politician and poet. In 1904 he became the first Prime Minister of Iceland and the first Icel...

Árni Mathiesen

male, 51 years old
minister of finance, cabinet minister, Independence Party, Althing, Team handball, Minister of Fisheries…Reykjavik
Árni M. Mathiesen is an Icelandic politician. Since September 2005, he has been Minister of Finance in Iceland. From 1999-2005 he was Minister of F...
Andri Snær Magnason

Andri Snær Magnason

male, 36 years old
Doctor, The Story of the Blue Planet, countries, short stories, Reykjavik, MUM
Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer. He has written novels, poetry, plays, short stories, essays and CD's. His work has been published or p...

Orri Páll Dýrason

male
'Orri Páll Dýrason, Sundlaugin, Alex Somers, Toothfaeries, Mosfellsbær, Jónsi Birgisson…Reykjavik
"'Orri Páll Dýrason"(born in July the 4th 1977) is the drummer for Sigur Rós. He joined the band in 1999, shortly after the recording of the stu...

Sveinn Björnsson

male, deceased (1952)
Nazi Germany, Reykjavik, Copenhagen, Denmark, Althing, President of Iceland, Republic of Iceland
Sveinn Björnsson (27 February 1881 - 25 January 1952), son of Björn Jónsson (editor and later minister) and Elísabet Sveinsdóttir, was the first...

Tómas Guðmundsson

male, deceased (1983)
poet, icelandic, Háskóli Íslands, Menntaskólinn í Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Icelandic sagas
Tómas Guðmundsson was an Icelandic author. He was known as Reykjavík's poet "(Reykjavíkurskáldið, skáld Reykjavíkur)". Tómas's parents were Stei...

Þórhallur Gunnarsson

male, 46 years old
television personality, flight attendant, editor, icelandic, Goldsmiths College, University of London…Reykjavik
Þórhallur Gunnarsson is an Icelandic actor and television personality. Þórhallur has a B.A. degree in acting from the Iceland Academy of the Arts...