Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

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

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir^[1] (born 22 November 1965) is an Icelandic politician. A graduate of the University of Iceland and the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, she was Iceland's Minister for the Environment from 24 May 2007 to 1 February 2009. She was member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) from 1999 to 2011, first elected as a member of Women's List, then the Social Democratic Alliance.

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Minister for the Environment
In office 24 May 2007 – 1 February 2009
Prime Minister	Geir Haarde
Preceded by	Jónína Bjartmarz
Succeeded by	Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
Personal details
Born	(1965-11-22) 22 November 1965 (age 58) Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Women's List Social Democratic Alliance
Children	One daughter (b. 2002)
Alma mater	University of Iceland Johns Hopkins University

References

• "Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir". althingi.is. Retrieved 15 May 2009.

1. Þ is the letter thorn, which in Icelandic represents a voiceless dental fricative, as in the English word "thick."

Political offices
Preceded by Jónína Bjartmarz	Minister for the Environment 2007–2009	Succeeded by Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

1. "Þingmenn og embætti". Alþingi (in Icelandic).