Þórður Snær Skagfjörð Júlíusson (born 1 December 1980) is an Icelandic journalist.

Biography

Þórður was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of news outlet

Kjarninn ''Kjarninn'' () was an Icelandic online newspaper founded in August 2013. Previously ''Kjarninn'' was a weekly digital news magazine served via Apple App Store aimed at tablet computer users but PDFs were also available at the website. Since Sept ...

until it merged with

Stundin ''Stundin'' was an Icelandic bi-weekly newspaper known for investigative journalism. It took the form of both an online newspaper and a news magazine. It was founded in 2015 by former staff of DV after a hostile takeover of the paper. It was fun ...

in 2023 to form

Heimildin ''Heimildin'' is an Icelandic weekly newspaper known for investigative journalism Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, racial injustice, ...

. Þórður was co-editor of

until his exit in late July 2024. In the

2024 Icelandic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 November 2024 to elect the 63 members of the Althing. The centre-left Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, outperformed the ruling Independence Party to win the most seat ...

, he was elected to the

Parliament of Iceland The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (' thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), about east of what lat ...

for the

Social Democratic Alliance The Social Democratic Alliance (, ) is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Iceland, political party in Iceland. The party is positioned on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum and their ...

. However, prior to polling day Þórður had declared that even if elected he would not take up his seat as MP after some misogynist online texts by him emerged. His resignation as MP was confirmed on the day that the newly elected parliament summoned for the first time.

References

{{Iceland-journalist-stub Living people 1980 births Icelandic journalists Members of the Althing 2024–2028 Social Democratic Alliance politicians