Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

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

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

Minister for the Environment
In office 24 May 2007 – 1 February 2009
Prime Minister	Geir Haarde
Preceded by	Jónína Bjartmarz
Succeeded by	Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
Personal details
Born	(1965-11-22) 22 November 1965 Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Women's List Social Democratic Alliance
Children	One daughter (b. 1982)
Alma mater	University of Iceland Johns Hopkins University

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir^[1] (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 2009. She was a been a 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.

↑ Þ is the letter thorn, which in Icelandic represents a voiceless dental fricative, as in th in the English word "thick."

Political offices
Preceded by Jónína Bjartmarz	Minister for the Environment 2007–2009	Succeeded by Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

Members of the Althing

Northeast Constituency	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Kristján Þór Júlíusson Höskuldur Þór Þórhallsson Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir Kristján L. Möller Þórunn Egilsdóttir Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir Brynhildur Pétursdóttir

Northwest Constituency	Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson Einar K. Guðfinnsson Ásmundur Einar Daðason Haraldur Benediktsson Ólína Þorvarðardóttir Elsa Lára Arnardóttir Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir

Reykjavik Constituency North	Illugi Gunnarsson Frosti Sigurjónsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir Össur Skarphéðinsson Brynjar Þór Níelsson Björt Ólafsdóttir Sigrún Magnúsdóttir Steinunn Þóra Árnadóttir Birgir Ármannsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Valgerður Bjarnadóttir

Reykjavik Constituency South	Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir Vigdís Hauksdóttir Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir Pétur H. Blöndal Svandís Svavarsdóttir Róbert Marshall Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Karl Garðarsson Ásta Helgadóttir Helgi Hjörvar Óttarr Proppé

South Constituency	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir Páll Jóhann Pálsson Oddný G. Harðardóttir Ásmundur Friðriksson Haraldur Einarsson Vilhjálmur Árnason

Southwest Constituency	Bjarni Benediktsson Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir Árni Páll Árnason Willum Þór Þórsson Jón Gunnarsson Guðmundur Steingrímsson Ögmundur Jónasson Vilhjálmur Bjarnason Þorsteinn B. Sæmundsson Katrín Júlíusdóttir Birgitta Jónsdóttir Elín Hirst

Second cabinet of Geir Haarde

Ministers	Árni Mathiesen Björgvin G. Sigurðsson Björn Bjarnason Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson Geir Haarde Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Kristján L. Möller Össur Skarphéðinsson Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

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