Gunnar Smári Explained

Birth Date:11 January 1961
Birth Place:Hafnarfjörður, Iceland[1]
Citizenship:Icelandic
Office1:Leader of the Socialist Party of Iceland
Term Start1:1 May 2017
Term End1:October 2024
Predecessor1:Party established
Successor1:Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir
Party:Socialist Party

Gunnar Smári Egilsson (born 11 January 1961) is an Icelandic journalist, publisher, and editor.[2] He was one of the founders of Fréttablaðið and the weekly Eintak and Morgunpóstur as well as editing the weekly Pressan.[3] In addition, he was one of the founders and publishers of Nyhedsavisen, which was published in Denmark on the model of Fréttablaðið, and one of the owners and editors of Fréttatíminn.[4]

Smári has held various other positions and was, among other things, the managing director of for a time.[5] In 2014 established Fylkisflokkurinn (lit: “The County Party), a group that advocated for the unification of Norway and Iceland. Gunnar wrote various articles where he called that Iceland became one of Norway's counties, for the abolition of the presidency and replacing it with a governor, that Icelandic would become an official language of Norway, and that the Icelandic flag would become the county flag.[6] Gunnar later founded Socialist Party of Iceland political party in 2017.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gunnar Smári: „Mamma fór með okkur inn í herbergi, lokaði og beið eftir að hann færi af heimilinu“ . 2018-04-20 . . 2021-09-03.
  2. News: Brynjólfur Þór Guðmundsson . „Sótsvartur hægrimaður“ verður sósíalisti . 14 February 2022 . . 13 April 2017 . Icelandic.
  3. Web site: Gunnar Smári hvetur fólk til þess að afþakka Fréttablaðið . 2019-02-18 . . 2021-09-03.
  4. Web site: Gunnar Smári segir aumt að bjóða far og halda því þá fram að hann heimti undir sig einkaþotu . 2021-01-21 . . 2021-09-03.
  5. Web site: Gunnar Smári kjörinn formaður SÁÁ . 2011-05-26 . . 2021-09-03.
  6. Web site: Fylkisflokkurinn vekur athygli ytra . 2014-07-24 . Vísir . 2024-06-14.
  7. Web site: Gunnar Smári stofnar Sósíalistaflokk Íslands . 2017-04-11 . . 2021-09-03.