Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir (born 28 June 1991) is an Icelandic politician. She was 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 ...

for the

Northwest Constituency Northwest ( is, Norðvestur) is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established as Northwestern ( is, Norðurland vestra ) in 1959 following the nationwide extension ...

from 2013 to 2016.

Biography

Jóhanna completed her agricultural science studies at the agricultural college of Hvanneyri and worked as a farmer in the

Westfjords The Westfjords or West Fjords ( is, Vestfirðir , ISO 3166-2:IS: IS-4) is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative district, the least populous administrative district. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast ...

. From 2012 until 2013, she was a board member of the Young Farmers Association in the Western Region. In 2013, she became the chairperson of the national young farmers union. Since 2013, Jóhanna has been the vice chairperson of the association of young members of the Progressive Party. Jóhanna is the youngest person ever to be elected to the Althingi, at age 21.

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Alþingi Bio
Sigmundsdottir, Johanna Maria Sigmundsdottir, Johanna Maria Members of the Althing Progressive Party (Iceland) politicians {{Iceland-politician-stub