Ásthildur Sturludóttir (born 10 June 1974) is the current Mayor of the

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

ic city of

Akureyri Akureyri (, locally ) is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's fifth-largest municipality, after Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær and Kópavogur, and the largest town outside Iceland's more populated southwest corner. Nickn ...

and has held the position since 2018.

Personal life

Ásthildur was raised in Stykkishólmur on the

Snæfellsnes Peninsula The Snæfellsnes () is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland. The Snæfellsjökull volcano, regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland, can be found in the area. With its height of 1446 m, it is the highest ...

. Her father is Sturla Böðvarsson, was formerly the mayor of Stykkishólmur, Minister of Transport, and served as President of the

Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (" thing fields" or "assemb ...

from 2007 to 2009. Her monther is Hallgerður Gunnarsdóttir, a lawyer. Her husband is Hafþór Gylfi Jónsson from Patreksfjörður. Together they have two children.About - Mayor of the town of Akureyri
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Education and Career

Ásthildur holds a BA in Political Science from the

University of Iceland The University of Iceland ( is, Háskóli Íslands ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' s ...

and an MPA in Public Administration from

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in New York. She previously worked as a project manager in the Rector's Office and Marketing and Communications Department at the

. She was also a project manager in the construction of Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre, managing director of the Association of Municipalities in West Iceland and a professional consultant at SSV Development and Consulting. She took over as Mayor of Akureyri in 2018 after serving as Mayor of

Vesturbyggð Vesturbyggð () is a municipality located in the Westfjords in Iceland. Geography In Vesturbyggð, there are Patreksfjörður with 721 inhabitants, Bíldudalur with 238 inhabitants and Krossholt with 19 inhabitants. Transport The municipality i ...

in the Westfjords for eight years.Ásthildur Sturludóttir bæjarstjóri á Akureyri
, RUV.is, 2018

References

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