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Jónsdóttir
Jónsdóttir is a surname of Icelandic origin, meaning ''daughter of Jón''. In Icelandic names, the name is not strictly a surname, but a patronymic (see Icelandic name). The name refers to: * Ágústína Jónsdóttir (b. 1949), Icelandic writer, artist and educator * Anna G. Jónasdóttir (b. 1942), Icelandic political scientist and academic * Arna Lára Jónsdóttir (b. 1976), Icelandic politician * Áslaug Jónsdóttir (b. 1963), Icelandic children's writer * Auður Jónsdóttir (b. 1973), Icelandic author and freelance journalist * Birgitta Jónsdóttir a member of parliament in Iceland and a former volunteer with WikiLeaks * Gunnfríður Jónsdóttir (1889–1968), Icelandic sculptor * Íeda Jónasdóttir Herman, Icelandic author and adventurer * Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Icelandic singer * Jóhanna Vala Jónsdóttir (b. 1986), Icelandic beauty queen; 2007 Miss Iceland * Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir (1646–1715), Icelandic woman whose face is on the 5000 kronur note * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir
Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir (born 5 June 2001) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Angel City FC and the Iceland national team. In 2020, she won the Icelandic championship with Breiðablik, while also being named the Úrvalsdeild Player of the Year and winning the Úrvalsdeild Golden Boot award. In 2021, she was named the Icelandic Women's Footballer of the Year and in 2022, she won the Frauen-Bundesliga with VfL Wolfsburg. Club career Sveindís debuted with Keflavík's first team in 2015. During the 2016 season, she scored 27 goals in 19 games in the 1. deild kvenna. In 2018, she helped Keflavík to a second-place finish in the 1. deild and promotion to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna after scoring 9 goals in 18 matches. In December 2019, Sveindís was loaned to Breiðablik. She helped Breiðablik finish first in the Úrvalsdeild in 2020 and was named the Player of the Year as well as winning the Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arna Lára Jónsdóttir
Arna Lára Jónsdóttir (born 30 May 1976) is an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she has represented the Northwest constituency since November 2024. Arna was born on 30 May 1976 in Ísafjörður. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in political science and a master's degree in international business and marketing. She has worked in the innovation and business development sector as well as on regional development projects for the Westfjords Economic Development Association () and the Icelandic Innovation Center. Arna was elected to the municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ... in Ísafjarðarbær at the 2006 municipal elections as a candidate for the Í List, an electoral alliance b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 17 April 1967) is an Icelandic politician, anarchist, poet, and activist. She was a Member of the Althing (MP) for the Southwest Constituency from 2013 to 2017, representing the Pirate Party, having been elected at the 2013 election. She was previously an MP for Reykjavík Constituency South from 2009 to 2013. In November 2017, she has announced to retire from politics "for now". She published her first book of poetry at the age of 22, and later became a web developer. She was a noted Icelandic activist, and took on a number of roles during the protests following the 2008 financial crisis. She was first elected as an MP representing the Citizens' Movement in the 2009 election. Later in 2009, she left the Citizens' Movement and joined The Movement. She became involved with WikiLeaks during Julian Assange's visit to Iceland in 2010, and helped to produce the Collateral Murder video. Following her time with WikiLeaks, she created the Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (born 16 October 1990), known outside Iceland as Yohanna, is an Icelandic singer. Beginning her music career as a child singer, Yohanna received international recognition after representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song " Is It True?", placing as the runner-up. This tied for the best result Iceland had ever achieved in the contest. Following the success at Eurovision, she released the studio album '' Butterflies and Elvis'' (2009). Following Eurovision 2009, Yohanna has since attempted to represent Iceland again on two occasions. In 2011, she reached the finals of '' Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011'' with the song "Nótt", and later won the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2011 as well, while she failed to reach the finals in '' Söngvakeppnin 2013'' with the song "Þú". Early life Yohanna was born in Copenhagen to Icelandic parents Jón Sverrir Sverrison, an electrical engineer, and Margrét Steinþórsdóttir, a nurse. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auður Jónsdóttir
Auður Jónsdóttir (born 30 March 1973) is an Iceland, Icelandic author. Her novels deal with family, particularly mother-daughter relationships. Career Auður's debut novel, ''Bliss'' (Stjórnlaus Lukka), was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize in 1998. In 2002 she wrote the children's book ''One self is the strangest of all'' (Skrýtnastur er maður sjálfur), a portrait of her grandfather, the Nobel prize-winning author Halldór Laxness, Halldor Laxness. The People in the Basement won the 2004 Icelandic Literary Prize followed by a nomination for Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2006. It came out and was very well received in Denmark and Sweden in the same year. ''Wintersun'' (''Vetrarsól''), received positive reviews in Der Spiegel and Hamburger Abendblatt among others. In 2009, Auður worked at the Reykjavik City Theater as an in-house writer for one year resulting in a play being adapted from ''The People in the Basement'' in the following year. The sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Áslaug Jónsdóttir
Áslaug Jónsdóttir (born 31 March 1963) is an Icelandic writer of children's books, illustrator and playwright. Early life and education She grew up near Borgarfjörður in west Iceland and then attended Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð in Reykjavik. She then studied in Copenhagen, Denmark at Skolen for Brugskunst (later the School of Design of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts). Career She published her first children's picture book in 1990. Her recent work includes collaboration with two other authors Swedish Kalle Guettler and Faroese Rakel Helmsdal on a series of six "Monsters" books published in Icelandic, Swedish and Faroese, starting with ''Nei! sagði litla skrímslið'' (''No! Said Little Monster'') in 2004. In 2002 she and Andri Snær Magnason collaborated on ''Sagan af bláa hnettinum'' which won the West-Nordic Children's Literature Prize. It has since been translated and published in English (''The Story of the Blue Planet'', 2013, Pushkin: ), Danish, Faroese, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnfríður Jónsdóttir
Gunnfríður Jónsdóttir (26 December 1889 – 1968), was an Icelandic sculptor born in the North West of Iceland. Family Gunnfríður's grandfather was Einar Andrésson, a rhymester who had been suspected of witchcraft.Davíðsson, Steingrím, Gunnfrídur Jónsdóttir: Listaverk, Gefið Út Á Kostnað Listakonunnar, 1964, translated from Icelandic by Einar Ragnarsson Kvaran Her parents were Halldóra Einarsdóttir Andréssonar and Jón Jónsson. Early life At the age of 19 Gunnfríður attended a young women's school, but was forced to move to Akureyri and learn to be a seamstress after the school burned down. She was to be successful both in Iceland and in Denmark, where she moved in 1919. By 1924 she had returned to Iceland and that year she married Icelandic sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson. She returned with him to Sweden, where he was studying with sculptor Carl Milles. In 1929 they returned to Iceland, making their home in Reykjavík. Gunnfríður and Ásmundar were divor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laufey (singer)
Laufey Lín Bīng Jónsdóttir (; zh, s=林冰, p=Lín Bīng; born 23 April 1999), known mononymously as Laufey ( ), is an Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician. She rose to prominence in the early 2020s for her success as a jazz pop, jazz-inspired pop artist. Having performed as a cello soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at age 15, Laufey was a finalist in the 2014 edition of ''Ísland Got Talent'' (Iceland's ''Got Talent''), and a semi-finalist on ''The Voice Iceland'' the following year. She released her debut EP, ''Typical of Me'' (2021), and graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Her debut album, ''Everything I Know About Love (album), Everything I Know About Love'' (2022), charted in Iceland and the United States, where it peaked at number 3 on the US Jazz Albums chart along with the US Top albums Sales Chart where it peaked at number 50. Its follow-up, ''Bewitched (Laufey album), Bewitched'' (2023), won Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 29 April 1981) is an Icelandic actress and television presenter who is the assistant director of RÚV, the Icelandic national broadcaster. She is a former Miss Iceland. Life and career Ragnhildur was born Keflavík where she lived most of her youth, excluding four years the family spent in Denmark. Her father is Jón Þór Harðarson, a mechanical engineer. Her mother, Ragnhildur Steinunn Maríusdóttir, died when she was seven years old. In the 1990s Ragnhildur was a gymnast; she won a bronze medal in the national championships in 1998 and was named to the national team. She completed an undergraduate degree in physiotherapy at the University of Iceland. In 2003, she won Miss Iceland. Ragnhildur began working for RÚV in 2004, with ''Ópið'', a programme for teenagers, and was later a journalist and co-host on the primetime news/talk show '' Kastljós'', and host of ''Dans dans dans'', the Icelandic version of the American TV show '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágústína Jónsdóttir
Ágústína Jónsdóttir (born 4 May 1949) is an Icelandic writer, artist and educator. She was born in Reykjavík, studied cosmetics and later graduated as a pre-school teacher. In 1991, she received a teaching diploma from the Iceland College of Education. She works as an elementary school teacher in Kópavogur, a suburb of Reykjavík. In 1994, she published her first collection of poetry ''Að baki mánans'' ("Behind the Moon"). She has since published several other collections. Her work has been translated into English and French. One of her books was nominated for Dagblaðið Vísir's literary prize in 1997. See also * List of Icelandic writers * Icelandic literature Icelandic literature refers to literature written in Iceland or by Icelandic people. It is best known for the sagas written in medieval times, starting in the 13th century. As Icelandic and Old Norse are almost the same, and because Icelandic wo ... Selected works * ''Lífakur'' ("Field of Life") (1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Name
Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland. Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage. Iceland shares a common cultural heritage with the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Unlike these countries, Icelanders have continued to use their traditional name system, which was formerly used in most of Northern Europe. The Icelandic system is thus not based on family names (although some people do have family names and might use both systems). Generally, a person's last name indicates the first name of their father (patronymic) or in some cases mother (matronymic) in the genitive, followed by ("son") or ("daughter"). Some family names exist in Iceland, most commonly adaptations from last names Icelanders adopted when living abroad, usually in Denmark. Notable Ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir (1646–1715) was a wealthy member of the powerful Svalbarðsætt family. She was married twice, each time to a Lutheran bishop of Hólar: Gísli Þorláksson (she was his third wife) and Einar Þorsteinsson. She survived both husbands and retired in 1685 to the farm of Gröf in Höfðaströnd, just south of the modern-day village of Hofsós, appointing her younger brother Oddur as (household manager). Ragnheiður was the daughter of (1606–1673) of Vatnsfjörður, a Lutheran priest and poet, and his wife Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir (1617–1692). She was one of 12 children, nine of whom reached maturity. Her eldest brother was Magnús Jónsson í Vigur. Like Magnús, Ragnheiður was a patron of the arts, and her literary tastes are reflected in a surviving manuscript of poetry and hymns compiled for her in 1676 (cataloged in the Ny Kongelig Samling at the Royal Library in Copenhagen as "NKS 56 d 8vo"). After Gísli Þorláksson's death in 1684 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
