Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir
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Bjarni Benediktsson
Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 19 June 2023 – 21 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Katrín Jakobsdóttir Bjarni Benediktsson |
| Preceded by | Jón Gunnarsson |
| Succeeded by | Þorbjörg Sigríður Gunnlaugsdóttir |
| Leader of the Independence Party | |
| Assumed office 2 March 2025 | |
| Deputy | Jens Garðar Helgason |
| Preceded by | Bjarni Benediktsson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1970 |
| Party | Independence Party |
| Parent(s) | Hafsteinn Kristinsson (1933–1993) Laufey S. Valdimarsdóttir (1940) |
| Alma mater | University of Iceland |
Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir (born 9 February 1970) is an Icelandic politician and business leader. With a BA in anthropology and a diploma in Applied Gender Studies, she has held significant roles in her family's company, Kjörís ehf. Since 2021, she has been serving as a Member of Althing, the national parliament, for the South Constituency representing the Independence Party. From June 2023 to December 2024, she was also the Minister of Justice. In March 2025, she was elected chair of the Independence Party as successor of Bjarni Benediktsson.
Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir was born on February 9, 1970, in Selfoss, Iceland, to Hafsteinn Kristinsson, a pioneering dairy engineer, and Laufey S. Valdimarsdóttir, a homemaker. She completed her student degree from FSu in 1991 and later earned a BA in anthropology in 2008 and a diploma in Applied Gender Studies in 2011, both from the University of Iceland. Guðrún has been married twice, first to Davíð Jóhann Davíðsson, with whom she has three children: Hafsteinn, Dagný Lísa, and Haukur. She later married Hans Kristján Einarsson Hagerup and became a stepmother to his three sons.[1]
