Katrín Fjeldsted (born November 6, 1946) is an

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 ...

ic politician and medical doctor. She has been a member of

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 ...

city council and a member of parliament at Iceland's

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. She was elected to Iceland's

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in 2010. She has been the chairman of the Icelandic College of Family Physicians and was the President of the

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from 2013 until 2015.

Biography

Fjeldsted finished her ''

stúdentspróf The ''Stúdentspróf'' () is an educational diploma in Iceland, which allows them to matriculate at university and take up their studies. Studies leading to the Stúdentspróf generally take three years to complete, and most students finish their ...

'' in 1966, qualified in medicine at 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 ...

in 1973 and finished specific training in

family medicine Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary ...

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in 1979 and has been a practicing family doctor in Iceland since then. She married Valgarður Egilsson, also a doctor, in 1967. They have had four children, three of whom are alive, and 6 grandchildren. Fjeldsted's mother is Icelandic classical composer Jórunn Viðar and her father was merchant Lárus Fjeldsted.

Politics

Fjeldsted was a member of Reykjavík city council for the

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from 1982 to 1994, and of the city executive council 1986–1994. She was a member of parliament 1999-2003 for Reykjavík constituency, and deputy member 1995–1999 and 2003–2007. Fjeldsted was Chairman of the Icelandic College of Family Physicians 1995–1999, Member of Board of the Icelandic Medical Association 1997–1999, Head of the Icelandic delegation to CPME since 2000, elected CPME Vice President for 2006–2007 and 2008–2009 and elected treasurer 2010–2012. Fjeldsted has been President of CPME (

) since January 1, 2013.

References

External links

Biography of Katrín Fjeldsted at Iceland's Althingi (in Icelandic)

Biography of Katrín Fjeldsted at CPME's homepage
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