| Álfheiður Ingadóttir | |
| Order: | Minister of Health |
| Primeminister: | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir |
| Term Start: | 1 October 2009 |
| Term End: | 2 September 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Ögmundur Jónasson |
| Successor: | Guðbjartur Hannesson |
| Birth Date: | 1 May 1951 |
| Spouse: | Sigurmar Kristján Albertsson |
| Children: | 1 |
| Party: | Left-Green Movement |
Álfheiður Ingadóttir (born 1 May 1951)[1] is an Icelandic politician, a former member of the Althing for the Left-Green Movement, Deputy Speaker, and Minister of Health.
Álfheiður was born in Reykjavík; her parents were Ingi R. Helgason, a lawyer of the Icelandic Supreme Court, and Ása Guðmundsdóttir. She was educated at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík and earned a B.Sc. in biology from the University of Iceland in 1975, then studied German language and media at the Free University of Berlin in 1976–1977.[2] [3]
After teaching biology while a student, Álfheiður began her post-graduate career as a journalist at Þjóðviljinn, where she worked until 1987 and rose to news director. She then became manager of a salmon farm in Straumsvík. From 1989 to 1991 she worked on patent and trademark applications, and then returned to journalism free-lance until 1996. 1987–1989. Worked on patent applications and trademark registration 1989–1991. Freelance journalist 1991–1996. In 1994–1995 she was also the information officer of the Samtök um kvennaathvarf, a federation of women's shelters, and secretary general of the conference on women's shelters in the Nordic countries that was held in Iceland in November 1995.[2]
She was director of publishing for the from 1996 to 2007 and editor of Náttúrufræðingurinn, the magazine of the, from 1996 to 2006.[2]
Álfheiður was elected as a Member of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing, for the Reykjavík South constituency in 2007 and for the Reykjavík North constituency in 2009.[1] [2] [3] She was Deputy Speaker of the Althing in 2009 and 2010–2012.[1] [2] Since losing her seat in the 2013 election,[4] she has continued to serve as a deputy member for her party.[5] [6]
She served as Minister of Health from October 2009 to September 2010.[1] [3] [7] [8]
She played a role in the founding of the Left-Green Movement in 1998 and was vice-chairman of its parliamentary group in 2009–2010 and 2011–2012, and chairman from 2012 to 2013.[1]
She is married to Sigurmar Kristján Albertsson, a lawyer of the Icelandic Supreme Court; they have a son.[9] [2]