Árni Gunnarsson
Personal details
Born(1940-04-14)14 April 1940
Ísafjörður, Kingdom of Iceland
Died1 July 2022(2022-07-01) (aged 82)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseÁsta Árnadóttir
Children2
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • politician

Árni Gunnarsson (14 April 1940 – 1 July 2022) was an Icelandic journalist and politician. He was a journalist at Alþýðublaðið and later a news director from 1959 to 1965. He was also a journalist and news director at Ríkisútvarpið and Vísir from 1965 to 1976. He was a reporter for Ríkisútvarpið when the eruption began on Heimaey in January 1973 and later wrote the book Eldgos í Eyjar.[1] In 1978, he was elected a Member of Alþingi for Northeastern Region for the Social Democratic Party where he had a seat intermittently until 1991. He was then President of the Lower House in 1979 and from 1989 to 1991.

Personal life

Árni was born in Ísafjörður to Gunnar Stefánsson, a representative of the State Travel Agency, and Ásta Árnadóttir, a housewife. Árni was married to Hrefna Filippusdóttir with whom he had two daughters.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ólafur Björn Sverrisson (2 July 2022). "Árni Gunnarsson látinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Andlát: Árni Gunnarsson fv. þingmaður". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
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