Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Þórunn.

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Official portrait, 2021
Minister for the Environment
In office 24 May 2007 – 1 February 2009
Prime Minister	Geir Haarde
Preceded by	Jónína Bjartmarz
Succeeded by	Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
Member of the Althing
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 September 2021
Constituency	Southwest
In office 8 May 1999 – 1 February 2011
Constituency	Reykjanes (1999–2003) Southwest (2003–2011)
Personal details
Born	(1965-11-22) 22 November 1965 Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Social Democratic Alliance (2000–present)
Other political affiliations	Women's List (1990–2000)
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Iceland Johns Hopkins University

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir (born 22 November 1965) is an Icelandic politician. A graduate of the University of Iceland and the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, she was Iceland's Minister for the Environment from 24 May 2007 to 1 February 2009. She was member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) from 1999 to 2011, first elected as a member of Women's List, then the Social Democratic Alliance.

References

• "Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir". althingi.is. Retrieved 15 May 2009.