Background
Oddsson, David was born on January 17, 1948 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Son of Oddur Olafsson and Ingibjörg Kristin (Ludviksdottir) Oddsson.
bank executive Prime Minister of Iceland
Oddsson, David was born on January 17, 1948 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Son of Oddur Olafsson and Ingibjörg Kristin (Ludviksdottir) Oddsson.
Graduate, Reykjavik Secretary Grammar School, 1970. Graduate lawyer, University Iceland, 1976.
Member, Board of Directors, Independence Party Youth Federation, 1973-1975. Member, Reykjavik Traffic Committee, 1974-1978. Member, Reykjavik Municipal Board of Education, 82.
Elected Member, Reykjavik City Council, since 1974, Member of Supervisory Committee, 1978-1980, Member of Executive Council, 1980-1991, Chairman, 1982-1991. Member, Executive Committee, Independence Party, since 1979, Vice Chairman, 1989, Chairman, 1991. Member of Parliament, since 1991.
Prime Minister of Iceland, since 1991. Radio producer, Iceland State Broadcasting Service, 1968-1975. Chief Clerk, Reykjavik Theatre, 1970-1972.
Chairman, Students’ Union Council, 1973. Parliamentary Reporter for Morgunbladid, 1973-1974. Member, Board of Directors, Almenna Bokafélagid Publishers, since 1975.
Office Manager, Reykjavik Health Insurance Fund, 1976-1978. Managing Director, Reykjavik Health Insurance Fund, 1978-1982. Mayor of Reykjavik, since 1982.
Author: Sjalfstaedisstefnan (The Independence Movement), 1981, (plays) (with T. Eldjarn and H. Gunnlaugsson) Eg Vil Audga Mitt Land (For My Country's Benefit), 1974, (with H. Gunnlaugsson) Islendingaspjoll (Icelandic Confabulations), 1975, (television dramas) Robert Eliasson Kemur Heim fra Utlondum (Robert Eliasson Returns from Abroad), 1977, Kusk a Hvitflibbanum (Stains on the White Collar), 1981, author two best-selling collections of short stories. Translator: Eistland-Smathjod undir Oki Erlends Valds (Estonia, a Small Nation under the Yoke of a Foreign Power, by Anders Küng), 1973, A Couple of Days Without Gudny, 1997, Stolen from the Author of the Alphabet, 2002.
Evangelical Lutheran.
Board directors Independence Party Youth Federation, 1973-1975, Vardberg (Association for Western Cooperation), 1973-1977, Reykjavik Municipal Youth Summer School, 1974-1982. Member Reykjavik City Council, from 1974, member executive committee, from 1980, chairman, from 1982, member supervisory committee, 1978-1980. Member negotiating committee State Social Security Institute, others, 1976-1981.
Member executive committee Independence Party, since 1979. Member Reykjavik Traffic Committee, 1974-1978, Reykjavik Municipal Board Education, 1974-1982. Board directors Kjarvalsstadir Art Museum, Reykjavik, 1974-1982, vice-chairman, 1974-1978.
Member Reykjavik Youth Council, 1974-1982, chairman, 1974-1978. Member Reykjavik Board Freshwater Fisheries & Pisciculture, 1974-1982, vice chairman, 1974-1978. Chairman executive committee Reykjavik Arts Festival, 1976-1978.
Member negotiating committee for merger of Landsvirkjun (National Power Company) and Laxarvirkjun Power Company, 1980-1981. Member building committee Reykjavik Municipal Theatre, 1975-1979, 82-91, vice chairman, 1975-1979, chairman, 1982-1991. Chairman board directors Shop and Office Workers' Pension Fund, 1982-1991.
Member editorial committee History of Reykjavik, 1981-1991, chairman, 1982-1991.
Literature, afforestation, salmon fishing. Member, Board of Directors, Kjarvalsstadir Art Museum, Reykjavik, 1974-1982, Vice Chairman, 1974-1978. Chairman, Executive Committee, Reykjavik Arts Festival, 1976-1978.
Member, Editorial Committee, History of Reykjavik, since 1981, Chairman, 1982. Chairman, Building Committee, Reykjavik Municipal Theatre, since 1982.
Spouse Astridur Thorarensen, 1970. Children: Thorsteinn.