Birgitta Jónsdóttir
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Birgitta Jónsdóttir MP |
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| Member of the Althing | |
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Assumed office 25 April 2009 |
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| Constituency |
Reykjavík Constituency South (2009–2013) Southwest Constituency (2013– present) |
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| Born |
17 April 1967 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Political party |
Citizens Movement (2009) The Movement (2009–2012) Pirate Party (2012–present) |
Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 17 April 1967) is an Icelandic politician, anarchist, poet, and activist. She is currently a Member of the Althing (MP) for the Southwest Constituency, representing the Pirate Party, having been elected at the 2013 election. She was previously an MP for Reykjavík Constituency South from 2009 to 2013.
She published her first book of poetry at the age of 22, and later became a web developer. She was a noted Icelandic activist, and took on a number of roles during the protests following the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
Birgitta was born in Reykjavík on 17 April 1967, the daughter of Icelandic folk singer Bergþóra Árnadóttir (1948–2007). Her father left the family when she was just a baby, and so she was adopted by her mother's new husband, shipowner and fisherman Jón Ólafsson (1940–1987). She completed her primary school education in 1983. Her first love, as a teenager, was Jón Gnarr, who went on to become Mayor of Reykjavík. They "took drugs together, read anarchist literature and planned to start an Icelandic branch of Greenpeace." Her adoptive father, Jón Ólafsson, committed suicide when she was 20 years old by walking into an icy river during a storm.
At the age of 20, her first book of poetry, Frostdinglar, was published. From a young age, she sought to combine art and poetry, "by looking holistically at issues artists could bring new perspectives." Therefore, she styles herself as a 'poetician'. Her art has been exhibited on three different continents, she has performed at lectures and festivals around the world, and her work has been published in anthologies, newspapers, magazines, and on TV, radio and the internet. In 1995, her focus shifted to the internet, saying that "I dove into the internet and haven’t been out of there since." In 1996, she organised Iceland's first live stream using CU-SeeMe. In 2002, she edited two anthologies, The Book of Hope and The World Healing Book. She is also a member of the Writers' Union of Iceland (RSÍ), and the founder of Radical Creations and Beyond Borders Press.
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