Árni Johnsen (born 1 March 1944) is an Icelandic former

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

from

Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar (, sometimes anglicized as Westman Islands) is a municipality and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. The largest island, Heimaey, has a population of 4,414, most of whom live in the archipelago's main town, Vestmannaeyj ...

, who represented the

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in the

Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (" thing fields" or "assemb ...

as a member of the

South Constituency South ( is, Suður) is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established as Southern ( is, Suðurland) in 1959 following the nationwide extension of proportional repr ...

. In 2002 he was convicted of paying for personal property using government accounts and sentenced to two years in prison. After his release, he was re-elected. He annually leads singalongs at the festival

Þjóðhátíð Þjóðhátíð (, "National Festival") is an annual Music festival, outdoor festival held in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, on the weekend before the first Monday in August. Locals and guests gather in Herjólfsdalur valley on the island of Heimaey fo ...

. His dad is

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(of

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ancestry) and his mom is

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References

External links

Non auto-biography of Árni Johnsen on the parliament website
1944 births Living people Arni Johnsen Arni Johnsen Arni Johnsen {{Iceland-politician-stub