Ragnar Arnalds (8 July 1938 – 15 September 2022) was an

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ic MP and twice cabinet minister. He studied

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and

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from 1959 to 1961 and graduated with a law degree from the

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in 1968. He was editor of '' Frjáls þjóð'' in 1960. Arnalds served as a Minister of Education and Transportation from 1978 to 1979 and

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from 1980 to 1983. He was chairman of the

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(''Alþýðubandalagið'') from 1968 to 1977. He also served as chairman of

Heimssýn Heimssýn ( English: ''World View'') is an organisation of Icelandic eurosceptics who actively campaign against Iceland becoming of a member of the European Union founded in June 2002. It was founded in June 2002. Ragnar Arnalds, former MP and M ...

, the Icelandic organisation opposed to membership of the

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, from 2002 to 2009. Arnalds served as a member of the board of governors of the Central Bank of Iceland. He was a member of the

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(''Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð''). Arnalds is also the author of several plays.

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AlþingiHeimssýn (in English)Fullveldi.is (in Icelandic/English)
1938 births

Ragnar Arnalds Ragnar Arnalds (8 July 1938 – 15 September 2022) was an Icelandic Member of Parliament, MP and twice cabinet minister. He studied literature and philosophy in Sweden from 1959 to 1961 and graduated with a law degree from the University of I ...

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