Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir

Icelandic politician

Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir

Member of the Althing
In office 2013–2016

Personal details
Born	(1991-06-28) 28 June 1991 (age 32) Reykjavík, Iceland
Political party	Progressive Party

Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir (born 28 June 1991) is an Icelandic politician. She was a member of the Althing for the Northwest Constituency from 2013 to 2016.^[1]

Biography

Jóhanna completed her agricultural science studies at the agricultural college of Hvanneyri and worked as a farmer in the Westfjords.^[2] From 2012 until 2013, she was a board member of the Young Farmers Association in the Western Region. In 2013, she became the chairperson of the national young farmers union.^[3] Since 2013, Jóhanna has been the vice chairperson of the association of young members of the Progressive Party.

Jóhanna is the youngest person ever to be elected to the Althingi, at age 21.^[4]

References

^ Ólöf Rún Erlendsdóttir (26 September 2021). "Ánægjulegt að vera ekki lengur yngsti þingmaðurinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ "Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Jóhanna María nýr formaður SUB" (in Icelandic). 16 March 2013. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir er yngsti þingmaðurinn frá upphafi" (in Icelandic). 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.