Career
Bjarni was elected to parliament in 2007 as the eighth Member of Parliament from the South Constituency. On November 10, 2008, he was involved in a political scandal. When he mistakenly leaked a document of his that contained strong criticism of Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, vice chairman of the Progressive Party, by emailing it to the press
The day after, Bjarni resigned from parliament.
In the, Bjarni ran as a candidate for the L-List of Sovereignty Supporters. Bjarni runs the Sunnlenska bókakaffi, a bookshop in Selfoss which opened on October 6th 2006, and the associated publisher Sunnlenska bókaútgáfan.
He has published four novels:
Mörður (Selfoss: Sæmundur, 2014),
Mensalder (Selfoss: Sæmundur, 2012). 9935901491
Sigurðar saga fóts: íslensk riddarasaga (Selfoss: Sæmundur, 2010).
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Svo skal dansa: skáldsaga úr veruleikanum (Reykjavík: Veröld, 2009).
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He has also published on folklore, and published an article collection:
Farsældar Frón: greinasafn Bjarna Harðarsonar (Selfoss: Sunnlenska bókaútgáfan, 2008). 997996037X. Landið, fólkið og þjóðtrúin: kortlagðir álagablettir og byggðir trölla, álfa, drauga, skrímsla og útilegumanna í Árnesþingi (Selfoss: Sunnlenska bókaútgáfan, 2001). 9789979607021. Bjarni likes to write while abroad, drafting Sigurðar saga fóts in Ethiopia, writing Mensalder largely in a five-week period in Pakistan, and writing Mörður in Senegal.
