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Steinunn Þóra Árnadóttir
Steinunn Þóra Árnadóttir (born 18 September 1977) is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing, from the Left-Green Movement. Political career Steinunn Þóra has a BA in Anthropology and an MA in Disability Studies, both from the University of Iceland. She has been active within the Multiple sclerosis, MS-Society of Iceland as well as the Organization of Disabled in the country. Steinunn Þóra has been active within the Left-Green Movement for a number of years, including taking a place on the party's ticket in six parliament elections; 2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2007, 2009 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2009, 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2013, 2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2016, 2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2017 and 2021_Icelandic_parliamentary_election, 2021. She did not run in the 2024_Icelandic_parliamentary_election, 2024 elections. When Árni Þór Sigurðsson resigned from parliament on 18 August 2014, Steinu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinunn Þóra Árnadóttir 2021
Steinunn may refer to: *Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 1981), Icelandic television personality, actress, and former Ms. Iceland *Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir, Icelandic actress, writer and producer *Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c. 1640 – c. 1710), Icelandic poet *Steinunn Kristín Þórðardóttir (born 1972), Managing Director of Glitnir Bank in London, UK *Steinunn Refsdóttir, Icelandic skaldic poetic active at the end of the 10th century *Steinunn Sigurðardóttir Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 26 August 1950) is an Icelandic poet and novelist. She finished her university studies in 1972 with a BA in psychology and philosophy at University College Dublin. Since then, she has worked as a journalist for ... (born 1950), Icelandic author * Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (fatahönnuður), Icelandic fashion designer * Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 1965), Icelandic politician, and a former mayor of Reykjavík {{given name Icelandic feminine given names Feminin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgunblaðið
''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic daily newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. It is currently the country's only daily printed newspaper and the newspaper of record. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's first president, Sveinn Björnsson. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a caricature by Sigmúnd Jóhannsson which featured the first landings on Surtsey. He became a permanent cartoonist for ''Morgunblaðið'' in 1975 and worked there until October 2008. In a controversial decision, the owners of the paper decided in September 2009 to appoint Davíð Oddsson, a member of the Independence Party, Iceland's longest-serving Prime Minister and former Governor of the Central Bank, as one of the two editors of the paper. In May 2010, Helgi Sigurðsson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Althing 2017–2021
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Left-Green Movement Politicians
The Left-Green Movement (, ), also known by its short-form name Vinstri græn (VG), is an Eco-socialism, eco-socialist List of political parties in Iceland, political party in Iceland. Since the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, the party has had no members in the Althing. The party chairperson is Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the vice chair is Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, and the general secretary is Björg Eva Erlendsdóttir. The Left-Green Movement is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance. History The party was founded in 1999 by members of Althing who did not approve of the merger of left-wing political parties in Iceland which resulted in the formation of the Social Democratic Alliance. In the 1999 Icelandic parliamentary election, the Left-Green Movement took 9.1% of the vote and six seats in the Althing. The party had five members in the 63-seat Icelandic parliament after the 2003 Icelandic parliamentary election, where it polled 8.8% of the vote. After the 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Disability Rights Activists
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic orthography *Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle Icelandic cattle ( ) are a breed of cattle native to Iceland. Cattle were first brought to the island during the Settlement of Iceland a thousand years ago. Icelandic cows are an especially colorful breed with a wide variety of colours and marki ..., a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Births
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Fréttablaðið
''Fréttablaðið'' () was a free Icelandic newspaper. It was distributed five days per week. At its peak, it was the most read newspaper in Iceland. History and profile ''Fréttablaðið'' was established in 2001. It was originally owned primarily by the media group '' 365''. The paper was published six days per week, Monday — Saturday until September 2003, when its frequency was switched to daily. As of 2019, it was published six days per week again, and as of 2020, it was published five days per week. It is entirely funded by advertising. ''Fréttablaðið'' has been described as siding politically with the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) and for favouring Icelandic membership of the European Union. However, some of its editors have sided with the conservative Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), and its former editor-in-chief and regular columnist is Independence Party's former leader and Prime Minister Þorsteinn Pálsson. In the period of 2001–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
