Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson | |
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Member of Parliament | |
Constituency | Reykjavík North |
In office 2017–2021 | |
In office 2013–2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Reykjavík,Iceland | 22 October 1980
Political party | Pirate Party |
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson (born 22 October 1980) is an Icelandic former member of parliament representing Reykjavik Constituency North. He is a member of the Icelandic Pirate Party. First elected in 2013,he did not contest the 2021 election. [1]
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is an Icelandic politician who served as the fourth president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996. Vigdís is the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as president. Having served as president of Iceland for 16 years,she is the longest-serving elected female head of state in history. She is the first female president in Icelandic history,while later being followed by the current president,Halla Tómasdóttir as the second female president. Vigdís is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and a member of the Club of Madrid.
The FootballAssociation of Iceland is the governing body of football in Iceland. It was founded on 26 March 1947,joined FIFA the same year,and UEFA in 1954. It organises the football league,Úrvalsdeild,and the Iceland men's national football team and Iceland women's national football team. It is based in Reykjavík.
Cold Fever is a 1995 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It is a road movie set in Iceland and was the first of Friðrik's films to be made in the English language. The movie depicts the travels of a Japanese man across Iceland. It was jokingly promoted as the best Icelandic-Japanese road movie of 1995.
Melvin Scott is a former North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball guard. He played on the 2004-2005 National Championship Team. He played all four eligible years and was not drafted by the NBA. He played high school basketball at Southern High in Baltimore. He played with KR Basket in Iceland's Úrvalsdeild.
Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Jan Jan" written by Avet Barseghyan,Vardan Zadoyan and Mane Hakobyan. The song was performed by the duo Inga and Anush. The Armenian entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow,Russia was selected through the national final Evratesil 2009,organised by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV). The national final took place on 14 February 2009 where twenty-one entries competed. "Jan Jan" performed by Inga and Anush was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a professional jury and a public televote.
Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 by Inga with the song "Þáveistu svarið". Inga was the winner of the Icelandic national final,Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1993,organised by Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið(RÚV).
Sandra Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic football goalkeeper. Sandra has played for Iceland's national team and was a squad member at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship. During her career,she won six Icelandic championships and four Icelandic Cups. She retired in 2023 as the Besta deild kvenna's all-time leader in games played.
Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a striker.
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Ingi Þór Steinþórsson is an Icelandic professional basketball coach. He last coached Úrvalsdeild karla club KR.
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The 2016–17 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 66th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla,the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 6 October 2016 and ended on 30 April 2017. KR won its fourth title in a row by defeating Grindavík 3–2 in the Finals.
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Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player. As a coach,he has won three Icelandic men's championships and has guided his team to the Icelandic national finals a record seven times. Friðrik was the general manager of the Icelandic Basketball Association from 2006 to 2014 and coached the Icelandic men's national basketball team from 1999 to 2003.
Lars Lönnroth is a Swedish literary scholar.
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Ingi Björn Albertsson is an Icelandic retired footballer who played as a striker,and former manager of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild. After his playing career,he moved to politics and was a member of Althing,the Icelandic parliament,first in 1987–1991 for Vesturlandskjördæmi for the Citizens' Party and then in 1991–1995 for Reykjavík for the Independence Party. Ingi Björn was one of the top scorers in Icelandics top division ever with 126 goals,and is currently second in the all-time table,behind Tryggvi Guðmundsson.
The 2020–21 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 70th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla,the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 1 October 2020 and ended on 25 June 2021. Þór Þorlákshöfn won its first title by defeating Keflavík 3–1 in the Finals.
Inga Lísa Middleton is an Icelandic photographer / film maker recently specialising in producing her photographs as cyanotype prints. She has also directed several films,such as the anthology Comedy drama Dramarama,and the short film Búi,which won the short film award at the SCHLINGEL International Film Festival. Her photographs have gone on to be shown in Iceland,Denmark,Japan and the United Kingdom.
Magnús Ólafsson is an Icelandic actor,comedian,singer and former handball player. A veteran stage and film actor of several decades,he is best known for his performance of the character Bjössi Bolla which was created when he was a member of the comedy band Sumargleðin in the early 1980's along with Ragnar Bjarnason,Ómar Ragnarsson,Bessi Bjarnason and Þorgeir Ástvaldsson. With Sumargleðin,he sang the hit song Prins Póló in 1981.