Logi Már Einarsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Logi.
Logi Már Einarsson
Official portrait, 2021
Minister of Culture, Innovation and Universities
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 December 2024
Prime MinisterKristrún Frostadóttir
Preceded byLilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir
(Culture and Business Affairs)
Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir
(Higher Education, Science and Innovation)
Leader of the Social Democratic Alliance
In office
31 October 2016 – 28 October 2022
Preceded byOddný Harðardóttir
Succeeded byKristrún Frostadóttir
Member of the Althing
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 October 2016
ConstituencyNortheast
Member of the Akureyri City Council
In office
29 May 2010 – 31 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1964-08-21) 21 August 1964 (age 60)
Akureyri, Iceland
Political partySocial Democratic Alliance
SpouseArnbjörg Sigurðardóttir
Children2
EducationAkureyri Junior College
Alma materOslo School of Architecture and Design
Occupation

Logi Már Einarsson (born 21 August 1964) is an Icelandic politician and architect.

Early life and education

Logi grew up in Akureyri and took stúdentspróf from Menntaskólinn á Akureyri in 1985.[1] He studied architecture at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design 1986– 92 and graduated as a civil architect (Master of Architecture).[2]

Professional life

Following graduation Logi returned to Akureyri, where he worked as a landscape designer at H.J. teiknistofa 1992–94 and for the technical and zoning office at Akureyri municipality 1994–96, before switching back to the private sector where he worked for Form 1996-1997, Úti og Inni 1997–2003 and Arkitektúr.is 2003–2004. In late 2003 he founded the architecture and design firm Kollgáta together with industrial designer Ingólfur Freyr Guðmundsson. From 2010–12 he also lectured at Reykjavik University.[3] Logi has been chairman of the Icelandic architectural association, Arkitektafélag Íslands.[2]

Political career

Logi first ran for parliament in the Northeast Constituency in the 2009 Althing election for the Social Democratic Alliance (SDA), and served as a substitute MP on five occasions during the 2009-2013 term.[4] He became a member of the City Council in Akureyri in 2010,[2] and was elected as deputy chairman of the SDA on their party conference in 2016. Logi contested the Northeast Constituency for his party in the 2016 Althing election and won the party's sole constituency seat. SDA suffered the worst defeat in the history of the party in the election, and as a consequence party chairman Oddný G. Harðardóttir stepped down and Logi was selected as Party Leader by the board on 31 October 2016. He left the City Council in Akureyri shortly after being elected to the Althing.[5] He is a vice-chairman of the Icelandic Parliament Foreign Committee and member of the Future Committee. Logi was re-elected as Party Leader at the SDA Party Congress in March 2018. He announced in June 2022 that he would step down as leader at the party congress in October and was succeeded by Kristrún Frostadóttir.[6][7]

Following his party's victory in the 2024 snap election, Logi was appointed minister of culture, innovation and universities in Kristrún Frostadóttir's cabinet.[8]

Personal life

Logi is married to the lawyer and flute player, Arnbjörg Sigurðardóttir. They have two children, Úlfur and Hrefna.[2]

References

  1. ^ Akureyri. "Bæjarfulltrúar 2010-2014".
  2. ^ a b c d "Logi Már Einarsson « Gerum Akureyri skemmtilegri".
  3. ^ "Kollgáta arkitektúr".
  4. ^ "Logi Einarsson".
  5. ^ "Logi Már Einarsson nýr formaður Samfylkingarinnar".
  6. ^ Valgerðardóttir, Sunna (18 June 2022). "Þau sem koma helst til greina í formannsbaráttuna" (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  7. ^ Júliússon, Þórður Snær (28 October 2022). "Kristrún Frostadóttir orðin formaður Samfylkingarinnar" (in Icelandic). Kjarninn. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  8. ^ Iceland Monitor. "These are the ministers of the government". Iceland Monitor.is. Retrieved 21 December 2024.