Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Bryndís.
Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir
(BH)
Member of the Althing
In office
10 May 2003 – 1 August 2005
Succeeded byIngibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir
ConstituencyReykjavík North
In office
8 April 1995 – 10 May 2003
ConstituencyReykjavík
Personal details
Born (1960-10-08) 8 October 1960 (age 64)
Selfoss, Iceland
Political partySocial Democratic Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Iceland

Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir (born 8 October 1960) is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she represented the Reykjavík constituency from April 1995 to May 2003 and the Reykjavík North constituency from May 2003 to August 2005.[2]

Bryndís was born on 8 October 1960 in Selfoss.[1][3] She is the daughter of security guard Hlöðver Kristjánsson and paramedic Kristjana Esther Jónsdóttir and has eight siblings - five brothers and three sisters.[1][4] She lived in several places as a child - Skálmholt in Flóahreppur, Ey II in Vestur Landeyjahreppur and Kópavogur.[4] She graduated from the Flensburg Polytechnic in Hafnarfjörður in 1982 and received a law degree from the University of Iceland (HÍ) in 1992.[1][4]

Bryndís was an office worker in Reykjavík from 1982 and 1987 and an employee of the Ministry of Justice from 1990 to 1992.[1][5] She was a lawyer at the Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ) from 1992 to 1995.[1] She was a part-time tutor at Bifröst University from 2004 to 2005 before serving as dean of the university's Faculty of Law (2005–2011) and rector (2011–2013).[1][6] She has served on the board of several state-owned organisations: Salary Guarantee Fund (Ábyrgðasjóður launa), Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Landsvirkjun, Eignasel ehf and Shopkeepers' Pension Fund (Lífeyrissjóður verzlunarmanna).[4][7] She became chair of the Landsvirkjun energy company in September 2010.[8] She was personnel manager at the state-owned Landspítali hospital from 2013 and 2015.[1][9]

Bryndís was on the board of the Icelandic Women's Rights Association from 1992 and 1997 and served as its chair from 1995 to 1997.[1][4] She was elected to the Althing at the 1995 parliamentary election.[1] She was chair of the social democratic parliamentary group from February 2001 to January 2004.[2] She resigned from the Althing in August 2005 after being appointed dean at Bifröst University and was replaced by Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir.[10][11] In May 2015 she was appointed State Mediator (Ríkissáttasemjari) by Minister of Social Affairs and Housing Eygló Harðardóttir.[12] She was appointed head of the Prime Minister's Office in November 2019.[13][14] In April 2024 she was appointed head of the Ministry of Food after Bjarni Benediktsson became prime minister.[15][16]

Bryndís married carpenter Jóel Jóelsson in July 1984 and business analyst Hákon Gunnarsson in December 2001 but both marriages ended in divorce.[1] She has two sons with Hákon.[1][4]

Electoral history of Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
1995 parliamentary[17] Reykjavík People's Alliance 9,386 Elected
1999 parliamentary[18] Reykjavík Social Democratic Alliance 19,095 Elected
2003 parliamentary[19] Reykjavík North Social Democratic Alliance 11,454.6 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Þingseta - Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir - þingsetutímabil og embætti" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Bryndís íhugar forsetaframboð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f ""Algjör sveitastelpa í eðli mínu"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Vol. 110, no. 237. Reykjavík, Iceland. 8 October 2020. pp. 60–61. ISSN 1021-7266. Retrieved 8 November 2024 – via Timarit.is.
  5. ^ "Ferilskrá Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Ríkissáttasemjari. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Óttuðust að sérstaða myndi tapast". Viðskiptablaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Bryndís skipuð ríkissáttasemjari". Viðskiptablaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir nýr stjórnarformaður Landsvirkjunar". Viðskiptablaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Bryndís verður ráðuneytisstjóri". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 20 November 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Bryndís lætur af þingmennsku". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Bryndís ráðin deildarforseti lagadeildar á Bifröst". Viðskiptablaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir skipuð ríkissáttasemjari" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Cabinet of Iceland. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Bryndís nýr ráðuneytisstjóri í forsætisráðuneytinu". Kjarninn (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 20 November 2019. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Ráðuneytisstjórar hafa stólaskipti". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 15 April 2024. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Flutningur ráðuneytisstjóra milli forsætis- og matvælaráðuneytis" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Cabinet of Iceland. 15 April 2024. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  16. ^ Alexander Kristjánsson (15 April 2024). "Benedikt og Bryndís skipta um stöður ráðuneytisstjóra". RÚV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  17. ^ Alþingiskosningar 1995 (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. 1995. p. 74. ISBN 9979-817-31-3. Retrieved 8 November 2024 – via Timarit.is.
  18. ^ Alþingiskosningar 1999 (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. 2002. p. 70. ISBN 9979-770-04-X. Retrieved 8 November 2024 – via Timarit.is.
  19. ^ "Alþingiskosningar 10. maí 2003" (PDF). Hagtíðindi (in Icelandic). Vol. 89, no. 62. Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. 27 December 2004. p. 27. ISSN 0019-1078. Retrieved 8 November 2024.