Gunnar Smári

Gunnar Smári
Leader of the Socialist Party of Iceland
In office 1 May 2017 – October 2024
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir
Personal details
Born	(1961-01-11) 11 January 1961 (age 64) Hafnarfjörður, Iceland[1]
Citizenship	Icelandic
Political party	Socialist Party

Gunnar Smári Egilsson (born 11 January 1961) is an Icelandic journalist, publisher, and editor.[2] He was one of the founders of Fréttablaðið and the weekly Eintak and Morgunpóstur as well as editing the weekly Pressan.[3] In addition, he was one of the founders and publishers of Nyhedsavisen, which was published in Denmark on the model of Fréttablaðið, and one of the owners and editors of Fréttatíminn.[4]

Smári has held various other positions and was, among other things, the managing director of SÁÁ [is] for a time.[5] In 2014 established Fylkisflokkurinn (lit: “The County Party), a group that advocated for the unification of Norway and Iceland. Gunnar wrote various articles where he called that Iceland became one of Norway's counties, for the abolition of the presidency and replacing it with a governor, that Icelandic would become an official language of Norway, and that the Icelandic flag would become the county flag.[6] Gunnar later founded Socialist Party of Iceland political party in 2017.[7]

References

1. "Gunnar Smári: „Mamma fór með okkur inn í herbergi, lokaði og beið eftir að hann færi af heimilinu"". DV. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
2. Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson (13 April 2017). "„Sótsvartur hægrimaður" verður sósíalisti". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 February 2022.
3. "Gunnar Smári hvetur fólk til þess að afþakka Fréttablaðið". Vísir.is. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
4. "Gunnar Smári segir aumt að bjóða far og halda því þá fram að hann heimti undir sig einkaþotu". Vísir.is. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
5. "Gunnar Smári kjörinn formaður SÁÁ". RÚV. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
6. "Fylkisflokkurinn vekur athygli ytra". Vísir. 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
7. "Gunnar Smári stofnar Sósíalistaflokk Íslands". RÚV. 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2021-09-03.