Background
Gudleifsson, Bjarni Eyjolfur was born on June 21, 1942 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Son of Gudleifur Kristinn Bjarnason and Sigurborg Eyjoflsdottir.
Gudleifsson, Bjarni Eyjolfur was born on June 21, 1942 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Son of Gudleifur Kristinn Bjarnason and Sigurborg Eyjoflsdottir.
Degree, Junior College, Reykjavik, 1962. Degree in agriculture, Oksnavad University, Norway, 1963. Candidate Agriculture, Agricultural University Norway, 1966.
Doctor of Science, Agricultural University Norway, 1971.
Assistant Agricultural Research Institute, Reykjavik, 1963-1966. Director Agricultural Research Institute Experimental Station, Akureyri, Iceland, 1971-1979. Research scientist Agricultural Research Institute, Iceland, since 1991.
Visiting scientist Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, 1979-1981, Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, Germany, 1983. Scientist, director North Iceland Cultivation Society, Akureyri, 1981-1990. Postgraduate fellow Vagones Research Station, Norway, 1990-1991.
Chairman Young Men’s Christian Association, Ahureyri, 1991-1994, North Iceland Conservation Society, 1980-1984. Member Nature Conservation Council, 1978-1984, Eyjatjordur Nature Conservation Council, since 1994. Member Societas Sicentarium Islandica.
Married Palina Sigridur Johannesdottir, December 27, 1972.