Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson (born 31 December 1969) is an Icelandic Independence Party politician. He was elected to the

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, by the

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. In 1994, Njáll won Draumaliðsdeildin, the Icelandic fantasy football competition hosted by Dagblaðið Vísir. Njáll credited watching a lot more of football that summer than he had done in the years before and also gave a mention to the points scored by former Yugoslavian striker Milos Tanasic. Born in

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, he has been an

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since 1992. He graduated in Business Administration from the

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in 2004. He and his wife Guðrún Gyða Hauksdóttir have two sons.

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