Vigdis or Vigdís is a Scandinavian and Icelandic feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo (born 1955), Norwegian politician *

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (; born 15 April 1930) is an Icelandic politician who served as the fourth president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996, the first woman to hold the position and the first in the world to be democratically elected president of ...

(born 1930), Icelandic politician *

Vigdís Grímsdóttir Vigdís Grímsdóttir (born 15 August 1953) is an Icelandic writer. Early life and education Born on 15 August 1953 in Reykjavík, she qualified as a teacher in 1973, then gained her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Iceland in 1978, and a f ...

(born 1953), Icelandic writer *

Vigdis Giltun Vigdis Karen Giltun (born 11 March 1952 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 2005. Giltun held various positions in Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ...

(born 1952), Norwegian politician *

Vigdís Hauksdóttir Vigdís Hauksdóttir (born 20 March 1965) was a member of parliament of the Althing, the Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ...

(born 1965), member of the Icelandic parliament *

Vigdis Hjorth Vigdis Hjorth (born 19 July 1959) is a Norwegian novelist best known for English translations of '' Long Live the Post Horn'' (2012) and ''Will and Testament''. She was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2019 f ...

(born 1959), Norwegian novelist *

Vigdís Hafliðadóttir Vigdís Hafliðadóttir (born 1995) is an Icelandic musician, comedian and actress. She was one of the writers and actors of the 2022 Áramótaskaup, the annual Icelandic television comedy special, broadcast on New Year's Eve by the state publi ...

(born 1994), Icelandic musician, comedian and actress *

Vigdis Hårsaker Vigdis Hårsaker (born July 16, 1981) is a Norwegian former handball player, who played most of her club handball for Byåsen IL. She first played handball for Sjetne. At age 14, she transferred to Byåsen. In the 2002/03 season she was topsco ...

(born 1981), Norwegian handball player * Vigdis Holmeset (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

2010s), Norwegian handball coach *

Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir (1 March 1934 – 23 February 2023) was an artist from the Faroe Islands, known internationally for producing a collage of 12 motives from Ormurin Langi (The Long Serpent) that resulted in a series of stamps from Postverk F ...

(1934–2023), artist from the Faroe Islands * Vigdis Moe Skarstein (born 1946), Norwegian librarian * Vigdis Songe-Møller (born 1949), Norwegian professor of philosophy * Vigdis Stokkelien (1934–2005), Norwegian journalist and writer * Vigdis Ystad (1942–2019), Norwegian literary historian

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