Kristján Þorvaldsson (4 May 1962 – 6 August 2023) was an Icelandic editor and journalist.

Early life

Kristján Þorvaldsson was born in Fáskrúðsfjörður. He was the youngest of four siblings, the son of Þorvaldur Jónsson and Oddný Aðalbjörg Jónsdóttir. He grew up in Fáskrúðsfjörður until he moved to Reykjavík to study at

Menntaskólinn við Sund Menntaskólinn við Sund (MS) is a secondary school in Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitu ...

Career

Þorvaldsson worked in the media for most of his career, mostly in print media. He started his career at

Alþýðublaðið ''Alþýðublaðið'' (Anglicised to ''Althydubladid'') was a newspaper of the Social Democratic Party (Iceland). It was published between 29 October 1919 and 2 October 1998. The paper was originally published six times a week, but ceased as a dail ...

and worked there for several years. He worked for a while at

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. Hi ...

and Vikan and later was editor of

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for a while as well as Mannlíf. He worked for a while as a radio host on

Rás 2 Rás 2 (''Channel 2'') is an Icelandic radio station belonging to the National Icelandic Broadcasting Service, RÚV. Launched on 1 December 1983, it is currently the highest-rated radio station in Iceland, with a schedule composed chiefly of news ...

and for several years hosted the radio show ''Sunnudagskaffi''. In 1996 he was one of the founders of the magazine ''Séð og heyrt'', and was its editor for ten years.

Personal life and death

Þorvaldsson was the father of actor

Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson (born 27 September 1983), also known as Thorvaldur Kristjansson, is an Icelandic actor. Biography Þorvaldur was born in Reykjavík to journalist Kristján Þorvaldsson and Helga Jóna Óðinsdóttir, and first ...

. Kristján Þorvaldsson died on 6 August 2023, at the age of 61.

References

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