Stefán Vagn Stefánsson (born 17 January 1972) is an Icelandic politician. He is a member of the Icelandic Parliament for the Progressive Party in the

Northwest Constituency Northwest () is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established in 2003 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland when the Northwestern constit ...

. His parents are Hrafnhildur Stefánsdóttir from Hjaltastöðum í Blönduhlíð in

Skagafjörður Skagafjörður () is a deep fjord and its valley in northern Iceland. Location Skagafjörður, the fjord, is about 40 km long and 15 km wide, situated between Tröllaskagi to the east and the Skagi, Skagi Peninsula to the west. Ther ...

and , a former member of the Icelandic Parliament from

Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkrókur () is a Localities of Iceland, town on the Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. It is the seat of both the Skagafjörður (municipality), Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður ('Municipality of Skagafjörður') and the Northwestern Re ...

. Stefán began working for the Icelandic Police in Sauðárkrókur in 1997 and worked there until 1998 when he began working for the Reykjavík police. He began studying at the State Police Academy in 1998 and after graduating, Stefán began working for the

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

police. In 2001, he began working in the National Police Commissioner's Special Unit and worked there until 2007. He began working in the National Police Commissioner's Analysis Department from 2007 to 2008 when he began working as a senior police officer in Sauðárkrókur. Stefán worked alongside his police work at the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

and went to

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

as a peacekeeper from 2006 to 2007. Stefán has three children, two daughters and one son. Stefán was elected to the municipal council of Skagafjörður in 2010 as the leader of the Progressive Party's list. After the 2010 municipal elections, he was elected chairman of the municipality's regional council. In the spring of 2014, Stefán was appointed chairman of the government's Northwest Committee, which was intended to discuss ways to strengthen the economy and society in Northwest Iceland. The committee submitted proposals. Since December 2014 he was involved in moving the headquarters of RARIK to Sauðárkrókur, as well as some of the activities of the Icelandic Coast Guard, mainly the Guard's ship operations. Stefán Vagn was elected to parliament for the Progressive Party in the Northwest Constituency in the

2021 Icelandic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 September 2021 to elect the members of the Althing. Following the elections, the three parties in the ruling coalition government – the Independence Party, Progressive Party and Left-Green M ...

. He was re-elected 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 ...

References

See also