Katrín Júlíusdóttir Biography

Icelandic politician (born 1974)This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Katrín.

Katrín Júlíusdóttir (born 23 November 1974), is a former Icelandic politician. She was elected to the Parliament of Iceland in 2003 and served as Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism from May 2009 to September 2012 and as Minister of Finance and Economy from 2012 to 2013. In 2016 she left Politics and has since then been the Managing Director of Finance Iceland. In 2020 she received the Svartfuglinn-Award for her first Crime Novel, Sykur (en: Sugar), published by Veröld in October 2020. Katrín is married to the Icelandic author Bjarni M. Bjarnason and they have four sons.

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    • Katrín Júlíusdóttir's curriculum vitae on the parliament website
    Katrín Júlíusdóttir