Ragna Sigurðardóttir (politician)

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ragna.
Ragna Sigurðardóttir
(RagnaS)
Member of the Althing
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 November 2024
ConstituencyReykjavík South
Personal details
Born (1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 32)
Reykjavík, Iceland
CitizenshipIcelandic
American
Political partySocial Democratic Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Iceland
ProfessionPhysician

Ragna Sigurðardóttir (born 31 August 1992) is an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she has represented the Reykjavík South constituency since November 2024.[2]

Ragna was born on 31 August 1992 in Reykjavík.[3][4] She is the daughter of physician Sigurður Einarsson.[5] At the age of six she and her family migrated to Madison, Wisconsin, where her father was a resident gastroenterologist.[6][5] The family regularly returned to Iceland for vacations.[6] She studied at Madison West High School from 2006 to 2007 and obtained American citizenship.[4] The family moved back to Iceland in 2008, a move that Ragna was not happy with.[6] She studied at Kársnesskóli in Kópavogur and Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð from where she matriculated cum laude (2012).[4]

Ragna has Bachelor of Science (2017) and Doctor of Medicine (2022) degrees in medicine from the University of Iceland (HÍ).[4] She was chair of Röskva from 2014 to 2015 and one of the founders of Hugrún, a mental health education society.[4][7] She was a student representative on the university council at HÍ from 2016 to 2018 and chair of the student council at HÍ from 2017 to 2018.[4][8] She was a doctor at the health centre in Garðabær and a resident in surgery at Landspítali.[6][9]

Ragna led the Social Democratic Alliance's (Samfylkingin) campaign in Reykjavík during the 2018 municipal elections.[7] She was a board member of Samfylkingin's Reykjavík branch from 2020 to 2021.[4][10] She was president of the Young Social Democrats from 2020 to 2022.[4][11] She was a member of Reykjavík City Council from 2020 to 2022.[4][12] She was a substitute member of the Althing for Dagbjört Hákonardóttir in November 2023.[2] She was elected to the Althing at the 2024 parliamentary election.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Ragna Sigurðardóttir" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Þingseta - Ragna Sigurðardóttir - þingsetutímabil og embætti" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Ragna Sigurðardóttir (XML)" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Stjórnsýsla: Stjórn borgarinnar - Borgarfulltrúar - Ragna Sigurðardóttir" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Reykjavík City Council. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b Gunnhildur Arna Gunnarsdóttir (October 2022). "Ragna Sigurðardóttir sveiflast á milli pólitíkur og læknisfræði". Læknablaðið (in Icelandic). 108 (10). Kópavogur, Iceland. ISSN 0023-7213. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d Lovísa Rut Kristjánsdóttir (2 February 2023). "„Ég talaði ekki við foreldra mína í einhverja mánuði á eftir"". RÚV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  7. ^ a b Ritstjórn Eyjunnar (12 April 2018). "Ragna verður kosningastýra Samfylkingarinnar". DV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  8. ^ Sunna Kristín Hilmarsdóttir (13 March 2017). "Ragna Sigurðardóttir nýr formaður Stúdentaráðs". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  9. ^ Erna Ýr Guðjónsdóttir (13 October 2024). "„Ef ég myndi deyja þá myndi ég deyja sátt"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Ragna býður sig fram til forseta UJ". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Fyrri stjórnir". politik.is (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  12. ^ Árni Sæberg (25 October 2024). "Ragna fær annað sætið í Reykjavík suður". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Kosningar: Kjörborðið - Fólkið - Allir Þingmenn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Úrslit Alþingiskosninga í nóvember 2024: Kjördæmi og þingmenn - Suður". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.