Margrét Tryggvadóttir is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament.
Background
Margrét was born to Tryggvi Páll Friðriksson (b March 13, 1945), a manager and art dealer, ong Elínbjört Jónsdóttir (b January 3, 1947), a textiles teacher and art-dealer. Her partner is Jóhann Ágúst Hansen (b 10 April 1969), a scholar of business studies and also an art dealer (son of Hans Jakob Hansen and Elínbjörg Kristjánsdóttir).
Career
She was Chair of the Movement in 2009-2010. She is also noted as a writer Her sons are Hans Alexander (b 1993) and Elmar Tryggvi (b 1997).
She graduated in 1992 from the Commercial College of Iceland and took a Bachelor degree in General Literature at the University of Iceland in 1997.
Margrét worked in business and gallery management 1992–2008 and was a literary critic for the newspaper DV 1996–1999. She was a part-time lecturer at the Námsflokkar Reykjavíkur, the Iceland University of Education and elsewhere 1997–2000.
She was editor of the journals Mál og menning then the press Edda útgáfa 2000–2003. Following the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests, Margrét became an Alþingismaður for the Suðurkjördæmi constituency 2009–2013 (Borgarahreyfingin, Hreyfingin).
She chaired The Movement 2009–2010 and chaired the parliamentary group of The Movement 2010–2011 and 2012–2013.
Membership
She is a member of Dawn, and was previously a member of The Movement and the Citizens" Movement.