Logi Eldon Geirsson (born 10 October 1982) is a retired Icelandic handballer. His retirement was due to successive shoulder injuries.
Raised in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, Logi is the son of former Icelandic star Geir Hallsteinsson, who also played as a professional handballer during his playing career.
Logi started his playing career with multiple Icelandic champions, FH Hafnarfjörður. After playing with the FH first team for a couple of years, Logi was sold to TBV Lemgo and finally got into the Icelandic national team. However, he did not get many chances for the Icelandic national team until Viggó Sigurðsson took over from Guðmundur Guðmundsson after the 2004 Olympic Games.
Hafnarfjörður, officially Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, is a port town and municipality in Iceland, located about 10 km (6 mi) south of Reykjavík. The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas in the Capital Region, on the southwest coast of the country. At about 30,000 inhabitants, Hafnarfjörður is the third-most populous city in Iceland after Reykjavík and Kópavogur. It has established local industry and a variety of urban activities, with annual festival events.
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir is an Icelandic politician, who has been chairwoman of the Liberal Reform Party since 2017.
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, commonly referred to as FH, is an Icelandic multi-sports club based in Hafnarfjörður. The club competes in football, handball, athletics, and fencing. It was founded in 1929 as a gymnastics club but soon started a handball department which became its flagship for several decades. Its men's football team has been a dominant power since the early 2000s.
The Besta deild karla is the top level men's football league in Iceland. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is generally played in the spring and summer. It is governed by the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) and has 12 teams. By the end of the 2022–23 season, UEFA ranked the league No. 48 in Europe.
Árni M. Mathiesen is an Icelandic politician. From September 2005 through 31 January 2009, he was Minister of Finance in Iceland. From 1999 to 2005 he was Minister of Fisheries. Mathiesen was first elected to the Althing for the Independence Party in 1991, when he was the youngest member of the Althing at the age of 33.
1. deild karla, known as Lengjudeild karla for sponsorship reasons, is a football league in Iceland. It is the second highest professional level in the Icelandic football league system. The league was founded in 1955 and current champions are ÍA. The league was expanded to 12 teams for the 2007 season, after having only 10 teams for many years. Since 2008 the top three divisions have all had 12 teams.
Matthías Vilhjálmsson is an Icelandic international footballer who plays as a striker for the Úrvalsdeild club Víkingur. He can as well play as a midfielder. He also played for the Icelandic national football team from 2009 to 2016.
Bjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is a retired Icelandic professional footballer who last played for FH.
Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Logi Ólafsson is an Icelandic football coach and former player. During his coaching career, he has been the manager of both the Icelandic men's and women's national team.
Davíð Þór Viðarsson is a former Icelandic footballer who played as a midfielder for FH and the Iceland national team.
Aron Pálmarsson is an Icelandic handball player for ONE Veszprém and the Icelandic national handball team.
Janus Guðlaugsson is an Icelandic former professional football player and football coach. He played for FH Hafnarfjörður from 1975 to 1979. During that period he was a member of the Iceland national football team. He spent six years playing as a professional footballer in the German Bundesliga for SC Fortuna Köln.
Kristján Gauti Emilsson is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a forward.
The 2017 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 106th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions FH, who won their eighth league title in 2016.
Úrvalsdeild kvenna, also known as Olís deild kvenna for sponsorship reasons, is the highest women's handball competition among clubs in Iceland, where play determines the national champion. It is managed by the Icelandic Handball Association.
The FH women's football team is the women's football department of the Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar multi-sport club. It is based in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, and currently plays in the Besta deild kvenna, the top-tier women's football league in Iceland.
The FH men's football team, commonly referred to as FH, is the men's football department of Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar multi-sport club. It has been a dominant power in Icelandic football since the early 2000s, winning several national championships.
Logi Tómasson is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a left-back for Norwegian club Strømsgodset and the Iceland national team.
The FH (men's handball) team, commonly referred to as FH, is the men's handball department of Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (English: Hafnarfjörður Gymnastics Club), club from Hafnarfjörður, that plays in the Úrvalsdeild karla.
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