Eiríkur Björn Björgvinsson (born 6 September 1966) is an Icelandic politician who was elected to the

Althing The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme Parliament, national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ('Thing (assembly), thing ...

in the

2024 Icelandic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 November 2024 to elect the 63 members of the Althing. The centre-left Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, outperformed the ruling Independence Party to win the most seat ...

. He is also a former mayor of

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 ...

and

Fljótsdalshérað Fljótsdalshérað () was a municipality located in eastern Iceland. In 2020 it merged with three neighbouring municipalities to form Múlaþing Múlaþing () is a municipality in eastern Iceland which was formed in 2020 from the merger of Fljó ...

. Eiríkur Björn graduated from Fjölbrautskólinn at Ármúli in 1987, completing a physical education teacher's degree at primary and secondary school level from the Icelandic School of Physical Education in 1990 and a diploma from the

German Sport University Cologne The German Sport University Cologne (Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, DSHS) is a public university located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Founded in 1947, it is the only higher education institution in Germany focused exclusively on ...

in 1994, as well as a diploma in management from the Icelandic University of Education in 2000. Eiríkur Björn was the youth and sports representative of Egilsstaðabær from 1994 to 1996, the sports and leisure representative of Akureyri from 1996 to 2002, and the mayor of Fljótsdalshérað from 2002 to 2010. He was the mayor of Akureyri from 2010 to 2018. His wife is Alma Jóhanna Árnadóttir, born January 29, 1969 in Húsavík. She is a graphic designer from the Akureyri School of Fine Arts. They have three sons: Árna Björn, Birni Eiðar and Hákon Bjarnar.

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{{Reflist 1966 births Living people Viðreisn politicians Members of the Althing 2024–2028