Sverrir Hermannsson

Sverrir Hermannsson (26 February 1930 – 12 March 2018) was an Icelandic politician, businessman, and banker.[1][2]

Sverrir Hermannsson
Minister of Industry
In office
26 May 1983 – 16 October 1985
Prime MinisterSteingrímur Hermannsson
Preceded byHjörleifur Guttormsson
Succeeded byAlbert Guðmundsson
14th Minister of Education
In office
16 October 1985 – 8 July 1987
Prime MinisterSteingrímur Hermannsson
Preceded byRagnhildur Helgadóttir
Succeeded byBirgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson
Personal details
Born(1930-02-26)26 February 1930
Ögurvík, Iceland
Died12 March 2018(2018-03-12) (aged 88)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyIndependence Party
Liberal Party
SpouseGreta Lind Kristjánsdóttir
Children6
Alma materUniversity of Iceland

Early life

Sverrir was born in the Svalbarði farm in Ögurvík, Ísafjarðardjúp, on 26 February 1930, to Hermann Hermannsson and Salóme Rannveig Gunnarsdóttir.[3][4] He graduated from a high school in Akureyri in 1951 and earned a business degree from the University of Iceland in 1955.[2]

Career

Beginning in politics as a member of the Independence Party, he was Speaker of the lower chamber of Althing from 1979 to 1983.[2]

Sverrir was Minister of Industry from 1983 to 1985, followed by Minister of Education from 1985 until 1987.[3] From 1975 to 1983, and again from 1987 to 1988, he sat on the Nordic Council. In 1988, he resigned from the Althing to manage Landsbanki[5] where he served until 1998.[2][6]

Soon after leaving Landsbanki, in 1998, he returned to politics to found the Liberal Party and served its chairman from 1998 to 2003.[1][3][7] At the 1999 election, he was returned to the Althing, representing Reykjavík,[8] before leaving politics again in 2003.[2]

Death

Sverrir died, at the age of 88, on 12 March 2018.[1][2]

Footnotes
  1. Jón Hákon Halldórsson (March 13, 2018). "Sverrir Hermannsson látinn" [Sverrir Hermannsson died]. Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  2. "Andlát: Sverrir Hermannsson" [Death:Sverrir Hermannsson]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  3. "Sverrir Hermannsson". Althing. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  4. Ásrún Brynja Ingvarsdóttir (March 13, 2018). "Sverrir Hermannsson látinn" [Sverrir Hermannsson died]. RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  5. Páll H. Hannesson (March 14, 1998). "Að kunna að fara með peninga" [To know how to make money]. Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  6. Jóhann Bjarni Kolbeinsson (March 13, 2018). "Sverrir Hermannsson: Áhrifamaður fallinn frá". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  7. "News review: A Changed Political Scene?". Iceland Review. May 7, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  8. "Skildu spaugstofuna eftir". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). June 9, 1999. Retrieved March 13, 2018.


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