Halldóra Eldjárn (24 November 1923 – 21 December 2008) was the wife of Icelandic President

Kristján Eldjárn Kristján Eldjárn (; 6 December 1916 – 14 September 1982) was the third president of Iceland, from 1968 to 1980. Biography Kristján was born in Tjörn, Svarfaðardal, Iceland. His parents were Þórarinn Kr. Eldjárn, a teacher in Tjörn, ...

and

First Lady of Iceland This is a list of spouses and partners of Icelandic presidents. Eliza Reid is the spouse of incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson. List † – denotes that the person died while the president was in office References {{First Lad ...

from 1968 to 1980. Halldóra Ingólfsdóttir was born and raised in

Ísafjörður Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord ...

. Her parents were Ingólfur Árnason, a businessman, and his wife Ólöf Sigríður Jónasdóttir; she was the eldest of four children."Halldóra Eldjárn látin"
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Morgunblaðið ''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of ...

'', 22 December 2008 "Halldóra Eldjárn fyrrverandi forsetafrú látin, 85 ára"
Pressan, Eyjan.is, 22 December 2008 She graduated from the Commercial College of Iceland in 1942 and worked in an office in

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

until her marriage to

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and museum director Kristján Eldjárn in 1947. They lived in Reykjavík and had four children. He retired in 1980 after three terms as President; after his death in 1982, Halldóra worked for the

University of Iceland The University of Iceland ( is, Háskóli Íslands ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' s ...

dictionary for a number of years.

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Halldóra Eldjárn Halldóra Eldjárn (24 November 1923 – 21 December 2008) was the wife of Icelandic President Kristján Eldjárn and First Lady of Iceland from 1968 to 1980. Halldóra Ingólfsdóttir was born and raised in Ísafjörður. Her parents were Ing ...

Eldjarn, Halldora Eldjarn, Halldora Halldora Eldjarn {{Iceland-politician-stub