The Directorate of Health (
Icelandic: ''Embætti landlæknis'') is an Icelandic government agency which principal role is to promote high-quality and safe health care for the people of Iceland, health promotion, and effective disease prevention measures.
History
The Directorate was founded on 18 March 1760 when
Bjarni Pálsson
Bjarni Pálsson (17 May 1719 - 8 September 1779) was an Icelandic doctor and naturalist. On 18 March 1760 he was named the first Director of Health in Iceland.
Life
Bjarni was born in Upsum at Eyjafjörður to Páll Bjarnason and Sigríður ...
was made the first Director of Health (
Icelandic: ''Landlæknir'') by a royal decree. In 2018,
Alma Möller
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 ...
became the first woman to serves as Director.
Directors of Health
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Bjarni Pálsson
Bjarni Pálsson (17 May 1719 - 8 September 1779) was an Icelandic doctor and naturalist. On 18 March 1760 he was named the first Director of Health in Iceland.
Life
Bjarni was born in Upsum at Eyjafjörður to Páll Bjarnason and Sigríður ...
1760–1779
* Jón Sveinsson 1780–1803
* Sveinn Pálsson 1803–1804 (acting)
* Tómas Klog 1804–1815
* Oddur Hjaltalín 1816–1820 (acting)
* Jón Thorstenssen 1820–1855
* Jón Hjaltalín 1855–1881
* Jónas Jónassen 1881–1882 (acting)
* Hans J. G. Schierbeck 1882–1895
* Jónas Jónassen 1895–1906
* Guðmundur Björnsson 1906–1931
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Vilmundur Jónsson 1931–1959
* Sigurður Sigurðsson 1960–1972
* Ólafur Ólafsson 1972–1998
* Sigurður Guðmundsson 1998–2006
* Matthías Halldórsson 2006–2007 (acting)
* Sigurður Guðmundsson 2007–2008
* Matthías Halldórsson 2008–2009
* Geir Gunnlaugsson 2010–2014
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Birgir Jakobsson 2015–2018
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Alma Möller
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 ...
2018–present
References
External links
Official website*
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1760 establishments in Europe
Government agencies of Iceland
Healthcare in Iceland
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
National public health agencies