Sólveig Pétursdóttir
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Icelandic politician (born 1952)
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sólveig.
Sólveig Guðrún Pétursdóttir (born 11 March 1952) is an Icelandic politician and a former speaker of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament, serving from 2005 to 2007.[1] She was a parliament member from 1991, for the Reykjavík Constituency (1991–2003), and the Reykjavik Constituency South (2003–2007). She is a member of the Independence Party. Sólveig was Iceland's Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1999–2003. She is a lawyer who graduated from the University of Iceland (1977).
References
[edit ]- ^ "Þingmenn". Alþingi.
External links
[edit ]- The Althing's Web Site
- Biography of Sólveig Guðrún Pétursdóttir on the parliament website [In Icelandic]
