Sigurlína (Lína) Valgerður Ingvarsdóttir (born 1978) is an Icelandic

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. She worked for

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, Sweden, starting in 2012, and coordinated the development of '' Star Wars Battlefront'' (2015) and later of ''

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''. Since 2021, she has been chair of Icelandic game developer

Solid Clouds Solid Clouds is an Icelandic video game developer located in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was founded in 2013 by co-founders Stefán Gunnarsson, a graduate in computer science from Reykjavík University, and Stefán Þór Björnsson of Íslandsbanki. ...

. Sigurlína is a founding partner at Behold Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in early-stage game companies across the Nordics.

Biography

Sigurlína was born and grew up in Iceland. Growing up, she enjoyed horse riding, reading fantasy and science fiction, as well as playing video games, board games, and

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s. She graduated with a degree in

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from the

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in 2002. Her first job was as project manager with the Activis pharmaceutical company. Through friends working on '' EVE Online'' at

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, she joined the company in 2006, rising to the level of senior producer. After a spell with

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in 2011, in 2012 she joined DICE to coordinate ''Battlefront'', which has enjoyed commercial success. After shipping the game, she moved to

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to become Senior Producer for

. She joined independent studio Bonfire Studios in

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in the summer of 2018 and three years later was announced chairwoman of Icelandic game developer

. Sigurlína is a member of ''The Future Is Ours'' campaign, which is concerned with carbon emission levels. She also served as one of the first chairs of the Icelandic Game Industry.

References

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