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Steinunn Hansdóttir
Steinunn may refer to: * Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 1981), Icelandic television personality, actress, and former Ms. Iceland *Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir, Icelandic actress, writer and producer *Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c. 1640 – c. 1710), Icelandic poet *Steinunn Kristín Þórðardóttir (born 1972), Managing Director of Glitnir Bank in London, UK *Steinunn Refsdóttir, Icelandic skaldic poetic active at the end of the 10th century *Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 1950), Icelandic author *Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (fatahönnuður), Icelandic fashion designer *Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 7 April 1965) is an Icelandic politician, and a former mayor of Reykjavík. She was the mayor from 30 November 2004 to 13 June 2006; took over after Þórólfur Árnason resignation. Steinunn is a member of ... (born 1965), Icelandic politician, and a former mayor of Reykjavík {{given name Icelandic feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 29 April 1981) is an Icelandic actress and television presenter who is the assistant director of RÚV, the Icelandic national broadcaster. She is a former Miss Iceland. Life and career Ragnhildur was born Keflavík where she lived most of her youth, excluding four years the family spent in Denmark. Her father is Jón Þór Harðarson, a mechanical engineer. Her mother, Ragnhildur Steinunn Maríusdóttir, died when she was seven years old. In the 1990s Ragnhildur was a gymnast; she won a bronze medal in the national championships in 1998 and was named to the national team. She completed an undergraduate degree in physiotherapy at the University of Iceland. In 2003, she won Miss Iceland. Ragnhildur began working for RÚV in 2004, with ''Ópið'', a programme for teenagers, and was later a journalist and co-host on the primetime news/talk show '' Kastljós'', and host of ''Dans dans dans'', the Icelandic version of the American TV show ''So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir
Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir (born 2 July 1969) is an Icelandic actress, TV show host, producer and writer. Biography Early life Ólína grew up in Reykjavík with her mother, actress Bríet Héðinsdóttir, and her father Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, a writer and translator of dramatic literature. She first found fame with a starring stage role at the age of fifteen. At seventeen, she moved to London, England to study drama at the Drama Centre London, from which she graduated in 1990. She subsequently moved back to Iceland to re-launch a career on the stage and television as a mature artist, making her debut at the National Theatre of Iceland in the role of Solveig in Henrik Ibsen's ''Peer Gynt''. National Theatre and elsewhere Eventually, Ólína was hired as a contracted star player at the National Theatre of Iceland, where she spent the next fourteen years appearing in over 50 productions and portraying a range of leading characters in contemporary and classical plays. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinunn Finnsdóttir
Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c. 1640 – c. 1710) was the first known Icelandic female writer to leave a substantial body of poetry. Her major works are two ''rímur'' cycles: ''Hyndlu rímur'' and ''Snækóngs rímur''. She also composed ''vikivaki'' carols, occasional verses and a poem on mediaeval Icelandic heroes. The material in both of Steinunn's ''rímur'' cycles is drawn from earlier fairy tale ballads and in each case the main character is a woman who has been placed under a spell, one turned into a dog and the other into a man. Early commentators considered Steinunn an unoriginal minor figure in the history of Icelandic literature Icelandic literature refers to literature written in Iceland or by Icelandic people. It is best known for the sagas written in medieval times, starting in the 13th century. As Icelandic and Old Norse are almost the same, and because Icelandic wor ... but recent critics have praised her for the originality of her '' mansöngvar'' and her "vision of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinunn Kristín Þórðardóttir
Steinunn may refer to: *Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 1981), Icelandic television personality, actress, and former Ms. Iceland *Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir, Icelandic actress, writer and producer *Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c. 1640 – c. 1710), Icelandic poet * Steinunn Kristín Þórðardóttir (born 1972), Managing Director of Glitnir Bank in London, UK *Steinunn Refsdóttir Steinunn Refsdóttir was an Icelandic skald active at the end of the 10th century. Two verses by her are preserved, in which she taunts the missionary Þangbrandr. The daughter of Refr ''hinn mikill'' ("the Great") and Finna, Steinunn was both des ..., Icelandic skaldic poetic active at the end of the 10th century * Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 1950), Icelandic author * Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (fatahönnuður), Icelandic fashion designer * Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 1965), Icelandic politician, and a former mayor of Reykjavík {{given name Icelandic feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinunn Refsdóttir
Steinunn Refsdóttir was an Icelandic skald active at the end of the 10th century. Two verses by her are preserved, in which she taunts the missionary Þangbrandr. The daughter of Refr ''hinn mikill'' ("the Great") and Finna, Steinunn was both descended from and married into a powerful family of heathen priest-chieftains (''goðar''). She was the mother of the skald Hofgarða-Refr Gestsson. '' Kristni saga'' (9) and ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta'' (216) quote two skaldic verses ('' lausavísur'') in which she taunts Þangbrandr, a missionary sent to Iceland by the Norwegian king Óláfr Tryggvason, attributing his shipwreck to the gods and especially Thor Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred groves ..., with Christ having offered no help. '' Brennu-Njáls saga'' (102) h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 26 August 1950) is an Icelandic poet and novelist. She finished her university studies in 1972 with a BA in psychology and philosophy at University College Dublin. Since then, she has worked as a journalist for radio and television. She has lived in different places in Europe, the United States and Japan. Since the mid-nineties, she has mostly lived abroad − first in Paris, now in Berlin. Career At the beginning of her writing career, until the 1980s, she published poems and short stories, thus becoming rather well known in her country. In 1995, she received the Icelandic National Prize for Literature for her novel ''Hjartastaður'' (''Heart Place''). In this novel, the author describes the difficult relationship between a mother living alone with her teenage daughter and the young girl. The text is integrating some elements of a road movie, because the protagonists are on a journey through Iceland from Reykjavík to the east coast. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (fatahönnuður)
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 26 August 1950) is an Icelandic poet and novelist. She finished her university studies in 1972 with a BA in psychology and philosophy at University College Dublin. Since then, she has worked as a journalist for radio and television. She has lived in different places in Europe, the United States and Japan. Since the mid-nineties, she has mostly lived abroad − first in Paris, now in Berlin. Career At the beginning of her writing career, until the 1980s, she published poems and short stories, thus becoming rather well known in her country. In 1995, she received the Icelandic National Prize for Literature for her novel ''Hjartastaður'' (''Heart Place''). In this novel, the author describes the difficult relationship between a mother living alone with her teenage daughter and the young girl. The text is integrating some elements of a road movie, because the protagonists are on a journey through Iceland from Reykjavík to the east coast. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 7 April 1965) is an Icelandic politician, and a former mayor of Reykjavík. She was the mayor from 30 November 2004 to 13 June 2006; took over after Þórólfur Árnason resignation. Steinunn is a member of The Social Democratic Alliance. She was a member of and later also the deputy speaker of the Alþingi until her resignation Resignation is the formal act of leaving or quitting one's office or position. A resignation can occur when a person holding a position gained by election or appointment steps down, but leaving a position upon the expiration of a term, or choos ... in 2010. References External links Official Site at AlþingiOfficial Site at the Council of Europe Living people 1965 births Steinunn Valdis Oskarsdottir Steinunn Valdis Oskarsdottir Steinunn Valdis Oskarsdottir {{Iceland-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |