Background
Kristmundsdottir, Sigridur Duna was born on August 13, 1952 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Daughter of Kristmundur Eli Jonsson and Sigridur Juliusdottir.
Kristmundsdottir, Sigridur Duna was born on August 13, 1952 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Daughter of Kristmundur Eli Jonsson and Sigridur Juliusdottir.
Bachelor of Science, London School of Economics, England, 1975. Master of Arts, University Rochester, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1990.
Teacher anthropology, English, Icelandic literature, Ísafjörour Grammar School, 1975-1976;
part-time lecturer anthropology, U. Iceland, 1980-1984;
member, Parliament, Women's Party, 1983-1987;
associate professor anthropology, U. Iceland, since 1990. Member Parliamentary Council of Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland, 1985-1987. Member Constitution Committee of Republic of Iceland, 1985-1992.
Chairman The Icelandic Literature Prize, 1991. Member expert commission on social science research of environmental policy issues Nordic Environmental Research Program, since 1991. Chairman pub.rels. committee U. Iceland, 1991-1993.
Member consultative commission on women United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, since 1994. Board directors Institute for Gender Studies, U. Iceland.
Director Conference Women an dDemocracy Turn of th eNew Millenium, Reykjavik, 1999. Member Royal Anthropological Institute, European Association Social Anthropologists, Order of Falcon.
Married Hjalmar Helgi Ragnarsson, August 18, 1977 (divorced 1988). 1 child, Ragnar; married Fridrik Klemens Sophusson, August 4, 1990. 1 child, Sigridur Fransiska.