Sverrir Hermannsson

Sverrir Hermannsson
Minister of Industry
In office 26 May 1983 – 16 October 1985
Prime Minister	Steingrímur Hermannsson
Preceded by	Hjörleifur Guttormsson
Succeeded by	Albert Guðmundsson
14th Minister of Education
In office 16 October 1985 – 8 July 1987
Prime Minister	Steingrímur Hermannsson
Preceded by	Ragnhildur Helgadóttir
Succeeded by	Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson
Personal details
Born	(1930-02-26)26 February 1930 Ögurvík, Iceland
Died	12 March 2018(2018-03-12) (aged 88) Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Independence Party Liberal Party
Spouse	Greta Lind Kristjánsdóttir
Children	6
Alma mater	University of Iceland

Sverrir Hermannsson (26 February 1930 – 12 March 2018) was an Icelandic politician, businessman, and banker.^[1][2]

Early life

Sverrir was born in the Svalbarði farm in Ögurvík, Ísafjarðardjúp, on 26 February 1930, to Hermann Hermannsson and Salóme Rannveig Gunnarsdóttir.^[3][4] He graduated from a high school in Akureyri in 1951 and earned a business degree from the University of Iceland in 1955.^[2]

Career

Beginning in politics as a member of the Independence Party, he was Speaker of the lower chamber of Althing from 1979 to 1983.^[2]

Sverrir was Minister of Industry from 1983 to 1985, followed by Minister of Education from 1985 until 1987.^[3] From 1975 to 1983, and again from 1987 to 1988, he sat on the Nordic Council. In 1988, he resigned from the Althing to manage Landsbanki^[5] where he served until 1998.^[2][6]

Soon after leaving Landsbanki, in 1998, he returned to politics to found the Liberal Party and served its chairman from 1998 to 2003.^[1][3][7] At the 1999 election, he was returned to the Althing, representing Reykjavík,^[8] before leaving politics again in 2003.^[2]

Death

Sverrir died, at the age of 88, on 12 March 2018.^[1][2]

Footnotes

1. Jón Hákon Halldórsson (March 13, 2018). "Sverrir Hermannsson látinn" [Sverrir Hermannsson died]. Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved March 13, 2018.
2. "Andlát: Sverrir Hermannsson" [Death:Sverrir Hermannsson]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
3. "Sverrir Hermannsson". Althing. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
4. Ásrún Brynja Ingvarsdóttir (March 13, 2018). "Sverrir Hermannsson látinn" [Sverrir Hermannsson died]. RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved March 13, 2018.
5. Páll H. Hannesson (March 14, 1998). "Að kunna að fara með peninga" [To know how to make money]. Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved March 13, 2018.
6. Jóhann Bjarni Kolbeinsson (March 13, 2018). "Sverrir Hermannsson: Áhrifamaður fallinn frá". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved March 13, 2018.
7. "News review: A Changed Political Scene?". Iceland Review. May 7, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
8. "Skildu spaugstofuna eftir". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). June 9, 1999. Retrieved March 13, 2018.

External links

• Althing biography