Alma Dagbjört Möller (born 24 June 1961) is an Icelandic doctor. On 1 April 2018 she became the first woman to serve as the
Director of Health since the office was established in 1760. Since February 2020, she has been one of the lead members of the Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management addressing the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
in Iceland.
Early life
Alma was born in
Siglufjörður to Helena Sigtryggsdóttir and Jóhann Georg Möller. She was the youngest of 6 siblings that included
Kristján L. Möller
Kristján Lúðvík Möller (born 26 June 1953) is an Icelandic politician. He has been Iceland's Minister of Communications from 2007 to 2010, and a member of the Althing
The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' ...
, a former parliamentarian and
Minister of Communications.
In May 1990, she became the first woman to serve as a helicopter doctor for the
Icelandic Coast Guard
The Icelandic Coast Guard (, or simply ) is the Icelandic defence service responsible for search and rescue, maritime safety and security surveillance, and law enforcement in the seas surrounding Iceland. The Coast Guard maintains the Iceland ...
.
See also
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COVID-19 vaccination in Iceland
References
1961 births
Living people
University of Iceland alumni
20th-century women physicians
21st-century women physicians
Icelandic public health doctors
Women public health doctors
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