Georgia Björnsson (born Georgia Hansen; 18 January 1884 – 18 September 1957) was the wife of the first Icelandic President

Sveinn Björnsson Sveinn Björnsson (; 27 February 1881 – 25 January 1952) was the first president of Iceland (1944–1952). Background, education and legal career Sveinn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark as the son of Björn Jónsson (editor and later minister) ...

and was the

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from 1944 to 1952. Björnsson was born in

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to Danish parents.

Honours

* : Dame Grand Cross of the

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(1 January 1946)

Family

On 2 September 1908 she married Sveinn Björnsson (born 27 February 1881, died 25 January 1952). They had six children: Björn (1909), Anna Catherine Aagot (1911), Henrik (1914), Sveinn Christen (1916), Ólafur (1919), Elísabet (1922). Her eldest son Björn Sveinsson Björnsson served in the German military as a part of the

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in World War II. Her great grand daughter is Georgía Olga Kristiansen, the first female referee to officiate in the highest competitive tier men's basketball league in Iceland. Her great grandson is Henrik Björnsson, singer and lead guitarist in the shoegaze rock band Singapore Sling.

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Georgia Björnsson Georgia Björnsson (born Georgia Hansen; 18 January 1884 – 18 September 1957) was the wife of the first Icelandic President Sveinn Björnsson and was the First Lady of Iceland from 1944 to 1952. Björnsson was born in Denmark to Danish parent ...

1884 births Danish emigrants to Iceland 1957 deaths Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon {{Iceland-politician-stub