Elín Hirst

Icelandic politician

Elín Hirst
Born	(1960-09-04) 4 September 1960 (age 63)
Alma mater	University of Florida
Occupation(s)	Member of Parliament, Journalist, Documentary filmmaker, Published Author, TV News Anchor
Television	Fréttir

Elín Stefánsdóttir Hirst (born 4 September 1960) is an Icelandic politician, and a former member of the Althing from 2013 to 2016.^[1]

Elín is a former journalist, television personality, published author, documentary filmmaker and anchor. She was Head of News of Icelandic public television channel Sjónvarpið from 2002 to 2008.^[2]^[3]

Elín graduated from the University of Oslo with a diploma in economics in 1981, a Bachelor in journalism from University of Florida in 1984, and went for a major in history in the university of Iceland in 2005.

Elín was a member of the board of directors of the Icelandic division of UNESCO from 2002 to 2004.

References

^ "Elín Hirst".
^ More Icelandic journalists lose jobs Archived 2010-01-26 at the Wayback Machine, Icenews 22 October 2010
^ "Út í bláinn að tala um hlutleysi". Dagblaðið Vísir - DV. 14 December 2002. Retrieved 25 February 2011.