Education
University of Iceland.
University of Iceland.
Born in Reykjavik, he received a law degree from the University of Iceland in 1991 and a postgraduate degree in European law from the College of Europe, where he studied from 1991 to 1992 (Mozart Promotion). He became an attorney in 1997.
He has served as a Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party since 2007 and was elected party leader in February 2013.