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Þórunn Valdimarsdóttir
Þórunn is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Þórunn Alfreðsdóttir (born 1960), Icelandic butterfly swimmer *Þórunn Erna Clausen (born 1975), Icelandic actress *Þórunn Egilsdóttir (1964–2021), Icelandic politician *Þórunn Jónassen (1850–1922), Icelandic feminist *Þórunn Helga Jónsdóttir (born 1984), Icelandic footballer *Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir (born 1992), Icelandic golfer *Þórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir (born 1983), Icelandic actress *Þórunn Elfa Magnúsdóttir (1910–1995), Icelandic writer *Þórunn Ormsdottir (died 1431), Icelandic nun *Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir (born 1965), Icelandic politician {{Given name Icelandic feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Alfreðsdóttir
Þórunn Alfreðsdóttir (born 21 December 1960) is an Icelandic former butterfly Swimming (sport), swimmer. She competed in Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics, two events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1960 births Living people Icelandic female butterfly swimmers, Thórunn Alfredsdóttir Olympic swimmers for Iceland, Thórunn Alfredsdóttir Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Iceland-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Erna Clausen
Þórunn Erna Clausen (born 12 September 1975) is an Icelandic actress and songwriter. Clausen is the daughter of Olympic athlete and dentist Haukur Clausen. She studied drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London and graduated in 2001. In 2004, Clausen won an Edda Award for her supporting role in the Icelandic film, ''Dís''. Clausen was married to the musician Sjonni Brink who together composed "Coming Home (Sjonni's Friends song), Coming Home", Iceland's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Brink died before his first performance in the third semi-final of Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011. Clausen has also written entries for Iceland's selections in Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, 2012, Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, 2014, Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, 2016, Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, 2017 and Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, 2018, with her song, "Our Choice (song), Our Choice", sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Egilsdóttir
Þórunn Egilsdóttir (; 23 November 1964 – 9 July 2021) was an Icelandic politician who was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Northeast Constituency from 2013 until her death, and she also served as chairman of the parliamentary group of the Progressive Party since 2016. Þórunn died from breast cancer at a hospital in Akureyri Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous Municipalities of Iceland, municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital R ... on 9 July 2021, aged 56. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Jónassen
Þórunn Jónassen, also Þórunn Hafstein Pétursdóttir (1850–1922) was an Icelandic feminist, the first chair of Thorvaldsensfélagið (Thorvaldsen's Society), Iceland's oldest women's association, a post she maintained for 47 years. She was also one of four pioneering women who were elected to Reykjavík's city council in 1908. Alongside her in City Council were three other newly elected women; Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir, Guðrún Björnsdóttir and Katrín Magnússon. Biography Born in Ketilsstaðir á Völlum near Vallanes in eastern Iceland, Þórunn Jónassen was the daughter of Pétur Havstein, a magistrate, and Guðrún Hannesdóttir Stephensen. Following her mother's death when she was only 10 months old, she was raised by foster parents and relatives. She completed her education in Copenhagen at N. Zahle's School, Natalie Zahle's School where she was introduced to the importance of fighting for women's rights and education. On returning to Iceland, in 1871 she marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Helga Jónsdóttir
Þórunn Helga Jónsdóttir (born 17 December 1984) is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for KR as a defensive midfielder. Þórunn Helga is part of Iceland's national team and has played professional football in Brazil. Club career In 2004 Þórunn Helga played varsity soccer for Rhode Island Rams and was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year. Following her return to KR, Þórunn Helga signed for Brazilian club Santos in October 2008. There she found success in the Copa Libertadores Femenina in both 2009 and 2010. After a year with Flamengo in 2011 and Vitória in 2012, Þórunn Helga signed with Norway's Avaldsnes for the 2013 season. International career Þórunn Helga was called into the senior Iceland squad for the first time in July 2009, for friendlies against England and Denmark. She was not selected for UEFA Women's Euro 2009, but four years later, national team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson included her in the Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 The 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir
Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir (born 15 October 1992) is an Icelandic former professional golfer. She was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2017. She was the first golfer from Iceland to participate in the LPGA Tour. In August 2022, she announced her retirement from professional golf. Results in LPGA majors ''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut T = tied Team appearances Amateur *European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Iceland): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 *Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Iceland): 2014 Professional *European Championships (representing Iceland): 2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ... (winner – mixed team) References External links * * * Ólafía Thórunn Kris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir
Þórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir (born 1983) is an Icelandic actress and singer. A prominent stage actress, she appeared as Sophie in Reykjavík City Theatre performance of the '' Mamma Mia!'' musical. In 2014, she appeared in the TV show ''Ævar vísindamaður'' and in 2021, she appeared as a fictional version of herself in the comedy series ''Vegferð''. Early life Þórunn was born and raised in Ísafjörður where she attended Menntaskólinn á Ísafirði. In 2006, she graduated from the Iceland University of the Arts Iceland University of the Arts ( ) is an Icelandic institution of higher art education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland.Lisa Z. ValdimarsdottirIceland Academy of the Arts, Department of .... Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kristjansdottir, Thorunn Arna Living people 1983 births Thórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir Thórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir Thórunn Arna Kri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Elfa Magnúsdóttir
Þórunn Elfa Magnúsdóttir (20 July 1910 – 26 February 1995) was an Icelandic writer. The daughter of Magnús Magnússon and Margét Magnúsdóttir, she was born in Reykjavík and was sent to live with her aunt and uncle in northern Iceland when she was six. She had to leave school because of tuberculosis. She later attended college in Drammen and Ósló, and university in Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc .... She published her first work, a trilogy of novels ''Dætur Reykjavíkur'' I-III in 1933, 1934 and 1938. She was active in the Icelandic Women's Rights Association and was also involved in writers' associations. She married Jóni Þórðarsyn, a professor and author; the couple had two sons and a daughter. Selected works * ''Að Sólbakka'', nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Ormsdottir
Thorunn Ormsdottir (''Þórunn Ormsdóttir''; died 1431) was the abbess of the Benedictine convent Reynistaðarklaustur in Iceland 1402–1431. Thorunn Ormsdottir assumed the position of abbess and took the responsibility of the convent and its lands after the former abbess and several of the nuns died in the Black plague in 1402. She was, however, never formally ordained as such. During the last year of her tenure, her convent was the center of a great scandal, when one of its members, Thora Illugadottir, had a child with the priest Thorthur Hrobjartsson, who was forced by the Bishop to make a pilgrimage to Rome. The couple, however, had another child after his return. References *„„Reynistaðarklaustur“. Tímarit Hins íslenska bókmenntafélags, 8. árg. 1887.“, *„„Reynistaðarklaustur“. Sunnudagsblað Tímans, 6. ágúst 1967.“, 14th-century Icelandic women 14th-century Icelandic people 15th-century Icelandic women 15th-century Icelandic people 1431 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir Þ is the letter thorn, which in Icelandic represents a voiceless dental fricative, as in the English word "thick." (born 22 November 1965) is an Icelandic politician who has served as Speaker of the Althing since 2025. A graduate of the University of Iceland and the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, she was Iceland's Minister for the Environment from 24 May 2007 to 1 February 2009. She was member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) from 1999 to 2011, first elected as a member of Women's List, then the Social Democratic Alliance The Social Democratic Alliance (, ) is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Iceland, political party in Iceland. The party is positioned on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum and their .... References * 1965 births Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir Living people Thor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
