| Svavar Gestsson | |
| Office: | Icelandic Minister of Commerce |
| Predecessor: | Ólafur Jóhannesson |
| Successor: | Kjartan Jóhannsson |
| Office2: | Icelandic Minister of Social Affairs |
| Predecessor2: | Magnús Helgi Magnússon |
| Successor2: | Alexander Stefánsson |
| Office3: | Icelandic Minister of Education |
| Predecessor3: | Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson |
| Successor3: | Ólafur Garðar Einarsson |
| Office4: | Ambassador of Iceland to Sweden of  Iceland to  Sweden |
| Predecessor4: | Hörður H. Bjarnason |
| Successor4: | Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson |
| Office5: | Ambassador of Iceland to Denmark of Iceland to  Denmark |
| Predecessor5: | Þorsteinn Pálsson |
| Successor5: | Sturla Sigurjónsson |
| Birth Date: | 26 June 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Guðnabakki, Stafholtstungur, Iceland |
| Father: | Gestur Zóphónías Sveinsson (* 3 October 1920, died 29 December 1980) Farmer |
| Mother: | Guðrún Valdimarsdóttir (* 28 March 1924) |
| Children: | 3 |
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Svavar Gestsson (26 June 1944 – 18 January 2021) was an Icelandic politician and Minister for Social Affairs (from February 1980 to May 1983), Minister for Culture and Education in the cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson (1988–1991), Member of Parliament (1978–1999), and Ambassador (1999–2009).[1]