Margrét Frímannsdóttir (born 29 May 1954) is an Icelandic former politician and party leader. A member of 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 "assembly ...

between 1987 and 2007, she first represented the People's Alliance and later the

Social Democratic Alliance The Social Democratic Alliance ( is, Samfylkingin - jafnaðarflokkur Íslands), officially The Alliance – Iceland's Social Democratic Party, is a social democratic, and pro-European political party in Iceland. The Social Democratic Alliance wa ...

(SDA).

Biography

Frímannsdóttir graduated in statistics from Selfoss School of Computer Science and for a time studied at Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurlands. She worked as a shop assistant, teacher at the

Stokkseyri Stokkseyri () is a small town in Southern Iceland, with a population of around 445. Overview Founded around 900 AD by the settler Hásteinn Atlason, it was an important fishing and trading village in previous times. The town is founded on the Gr ...

Primary School and as head of Stokkseyri district (1982–1990). Frímannsdóttir was first elected to the Althing for the People's Alliance in the Southern constituency in 1987. From 1999 she was part of the Social Democratic Alliance, serving in the parliament until 2007. She served as chair of the parliamentary caucus of the People's Alliance (1988–1992) and leader of the party (1995–1999). Frímannsdóttir was leader of the SDA at the

1999 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1999. * 1999 electoral calendar Africa * 1999 Algerian presidential election * 1999 Botswana general election * 1999 Beninese parliamentary election * 1999 Central African Republic presidential elect ...

, and subsequently was the party's vice president (2000–2003) and chair of the parliamentary caucus (2004–2006). Between 2009 and 2015 she was the director of the prison at

Litla-Hraun Litla-Hraun (, "Little Lava") is the largest prison in Iceland. Located just outside Eyrarbakki, it consists of nine buildings inside a high-security fence. Litla-Hraun was founded on March 8, 1929, as a single building. Inside the fence is a ...

. Frímannsdóttir maintains an interest in horticulture.

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