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Icelandic journalist and politician (1940–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Árni Gunnarsson | |
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Born | Ísafjörður, Kingdom of Iceland | 14 April 1940
Died | 1 July 2022 82) | (aged
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse | Ásta Árnadóttir |
Children | 2 |
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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]
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