Gunnar Örn Örlygsson (born 4 August 1971) is a former

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

ic politician and former basketball player. He was a member of

Alþingi 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 la ...

from 2003 to 2007.

Political career

Gunnar was a member of

for the

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from 2003 until he split from the party in 2005 and joined the Independence Party for whom he served as a

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arian until 2007.

Basketball career

Gunnar played 11 seasons in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla, averaging 6.1 points per game. He was the chairman of

Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sports club based in Njarðvík, Reykjanesbær, on the south-west peninsula of Iceland. It is primarily known for its men's basketball team which has won the national championship 17 times. ...

basketball department from 2014 to December 2016. In 1991, he won the three-point shooting contest at the Icelandic All-Star game.

Personal life

Gunnar is the brother of former Icelandic national team players Sturla Örlygsson and

Teitur Örlygsson Teitur Örlygsson (born 9 January 1967) is an Icelandic former professional basketball player and a coach. During his career he won the Icelandic national championships ten times with Njarðvík and the Icelandic Basketball Cup seven times. He ...

. He is also uncle of Örlygur Aron Sturluson and Margrét Kara Sturludóttir who both played for the Icelandic national teams.A-landslið kvenna
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Althing biographyÚrvalsdeild karla statistics
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