Georgia Björnsson

Georgia Björnsson (born Georgia Hansen;[1] 18 January 1884 – 18 September 1957) was the wife of the first Icelandic President Sveinn Björnsson and was the First Lady of Iceland from 1944 to 1952. Björnsson was born in Denmark to Danish parents.

Georgia Björnsson
First Lady of Iceland
In role
17 June 1944 – 25 January 1952
PresidentSveinn Björnsson
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byDóra Þórhallsdóttir
Personal details
Born(1884-01-18)18 January 1884
Denmark
Died18 September 1957(1957-09-18) (aged 73)

Honours

Family

On 2 September 1908 she married Sveinn Björnsson (born 27 February 1881, died 25 January 1952). They had six children: Björn (1909), Anna Catherine Aagot (1911), Henrik (1914), Sveinn Christen (1916), Ólafur (1919), Elísabet (1922). Her eldest son Björn Sveinsson Björnsson served in the German military as a part of the Schutzstaffel in World War II.[3]

Her great grand daughter is Georgía Olga Kristiansen, the first female referee to officiate in the highest competitive tier men's basketball league in Iceland.[4] Her great grandson is Henrik Björnsson, singer and lead guitarist in the shoegaze rock band Singapore Sling.[5]

References
  1. "Sveinn Björnsson". Alþingi. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  2. Icelandic Presidency Website (Icelandic), Order of the Falcon, Georgía Björnsson Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Útsendingar Þjóðverja Archived 2006-10-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Icelandic)
  4. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 October 2017). "Langömmubarn fyrstu forsetafrúar Íslands endurskrifaði íslenska körfuboltasögu í gær". Vísir.is. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  5. Fontaine, Paul (16 June 2016). "Our Local Regent". Reykjavík Grapevine (in Icelandic). No. 8. p. 20. Retrieved 9 December 2017.


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