Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Gylfi.

Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason (7 February 1917^[1] – 18 August 2004) was an Icelandic politician.

David Ben-Gurion meeting Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason in Tel Aviv, 1958.

Gylfi was a member of the Social Democratic Party. He served as Minister of Education 1956–1971, as Minister of Industry 1956–1958 and as Minister of Commerce 1956–1971.^[2] He was the chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 1968 to 1974.^[3] He served as speaker of the Althing in 1974.^[4] He was also a professor in economics at the University of Iceland from 1939-56 and again from 1972-87.^[5]

He was the father of Þorsteinn Gylfason, a philosopher, Thorvaldur Gylfason, a professor of economics, and Vilmundur Gylfason, a left-wing politician. He was married to Guðrún Vilmundardóttir.