Sigmar Vilhjálmsson (born 3 January 1977 in

Egilsstaðir Egilsstaðir () is a town in east Iceland on the banks of the Lagarfljót river. It is part of the municipality of Múlaþing and the largest settlement of the Eastern Region with, as of 2020, a population of 2,522 inhabitants. Formerly Egilsst ...

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), nicknamed Simmi, is an Icelandic TV host. He is the son of Vilhjálmur Einarsson, silver medallist of the

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. Sigmar is one of two hosts in the ''

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'' TV program on the

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station in Iceland. At an early age he started a radio morning show that became one of the most popular morning shows on the air and from there he started a TV show, 70 minutes, which was modelled on the Radio Show and is still running.

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20051120062343/http://idol.visir.is/?PageID=68 * 1977 births Sigmar Vilhjalmsson Living people {{iceland-stub