Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Guðmundur Ari.
Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson
(GAS)
Member of the Althing
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 November 2024
ConstituencySouthwest
Personal details
Born
(1988-09-12) 12 September 1988 (age 36)
Political partySocial Democratic Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Iceland

Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson (born 12 September 1988) is an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he has represented the Southwest constituency since November 2024.[2]

Guðmundur was born on 12 September 1988.[1][3] He is the son of Sig­ur­jón Gunn­ars­son and Edda Kjart­ans­dótt­ir.[4] He grew up in Seltjarnarnes and was educated at the Valhúsaskóli.[5] He later studied at the Fjölbrautaskólinn við Ármúla, Verkmenntaskóli Austurlands and Fjölbrautaskólinn í Breiðholti.[5] He has Bachelor of Arts degree in leisure and social studies from the University of Iceland (HÍ).[5][6]

Guðmundur was a social worker and project manager at the Selið community centre and Skelin youth centre in Seltjarnarnes.[5][7] He was as a project manager at the Football Association of Iceland.[3] He is a senior adviser at the Icelandic Centre for Research and is responsible for coordinating the European Solidarity Corps as well as promoting Erasmus+ activities in Iceland.[8] He was chairman of the Association of Leisure Service Professionals (Félag fagfólks í frítímaþjónustu).[6] He was also an assistant and part-time teacher at HÍ's School of Education.[6]

Guðmundur was briefly affiliated with the right wing Independence Party before joining the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin).[9] He was elected to the municipal council in Seltjarnarnes at the 2014 municipal elections.[10][11] He was elected chairman of Samfylkingin's executive committee in October 2022, defeating incumbent Kjartan Valgarðsson.[10][11] He was elected to the Althing at the 2024 parliamentary election.[12][13]

Guðmundur is married to sports scientist Nanna Kaaber Árnadóttir and has two sons and a daughter.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Þingseta - Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson - þingsetutímabil og embætti" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b Samúel Karl Ólason (7 May 2022). "Oddvitaáskorunin: Skráir sig alltaf í nám eftir að hafa horft á Legally Blonde". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Til hamingju með daginn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Vol. 106, no. 214. Reykjavík, Iceland. 12 September 2018. p. 27. ISSN 1021-7266. Retrieved 12 December 2024 – via Timarit.is.
  5. ^ a b c d e Svava Jónsdóttir (6 April 2022). "Guðmundur Ari: „Held að ég eigi enn met í Valhúsaskóla fyrir að vera rekinn til skólastjórans …"". Mannlíf (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Guðmundur Ari stefnir á 3. sætið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  7. ^ Kári Gylfason (23 March 2016). "Býður sig fram til formanns Samfylkingarinnar". RÚV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Staff: Education and Culture - Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Icelandic Centre for Research. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  9. ^ Guðmund Ara Sigurjónsson (August 2021). "Þurfum öflugri talsmenn sveitarfélaga inn á Alþingi". Nesfréttir (in Icelandic). Vol. 34, no. 8. Seltjarnarnes, Iceland. pp. 8–9. ISSN 2298-8009. Retrieved 12 December 2024 – via Timarit.is.
  10. ^ a b "Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson er nýr formaður framkvæmdastjórnar". xs.is (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Social Democratic Alliance. 29 October 2022. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Guðmundur Ari nýr formaður framkvæmdastjórnar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 29 October 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Kosningar: Kjörborðið - Fólkið - Allir Þingmenn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Úrslit Alþingiskosninga í nóvember 2024: Kjördæmi og þingmenn - Suður". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.