Davíð Oddsson 1991 - 2004
Davíð Oddsson
Prime Minister of Iceland 1991 - 2004
Davíð Oddsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, born 17th January 1948 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Graduated from Reykjavik College 1970. Law degree from the University of Iceland 1976.
Chief Clerk Reykjavik Theatre 1970 - 1972. Parliamentary Reporter for newspaper Morgunbladid 1973 - 1974. Employee of publishing company Almenna bokafelagid 1975 - 1976. Office Manager Reykjavik Health Insurance Fund 1976 - 1978. Chairman of Executive Committee of Reykjavik Arts Festival 1976 - 1978. Managing Director Reykjavik Health Insurance Fund 1978 - 1982. Mayor of Reykjavik 1982 - 1991. Member of Parliament from April 1991. Prime Minister of Iceland from April 1991 - September 2004.
Member of Reykjavik City Council from 1974-1982. Member of Executive Committee of Reykjavik City Council from 1980-1991 and Chairman from 1982-1991.
On Board of Directors of Independence Party Youth Federation 1973-1975. On Executive Committee of Independence Party from 1979 Vice Chairman Independence Party 1989 - 1991, Chairman from 1991.
Co-producer of radio programmes for Iceland State Broadcasting Service 1968 - 1975. Co-author of two theatre dramas, "For my Country}s Benefit" (in National Theatre 1974 - 1975) and "Icelandic Confabulations" (Reykjavik Theatre 1975 - 1976). Author of three television dramas: "Robert Eliasson Returns Home from Abroad" 1977, "Dust on the Collar" 1981 and "Everything's Fine" 1982. Author of the essay "The Independence Movement" 1981 and translator of the book by Anders Küng "Estonia - a small nation under the yoke of Foreign Power" 1973. Author of the two best-selling collections of short stories "A Couple of Days Without Gudny" 1997 (published in German translation "Schöne Tage ohne Gudny " in November 2001) and "Stolen from the Author of the Alphabet" 2002.
Besides writing, Mr. Oddsson, interests include bridge, forestry and angling.
Mr. Oddsson is married to Mrs. Ástríður Thorarensen, born 20th October 1951, a Registered nurse from the Univeristy of Iceland. Her main interests include gardening, forestry and art. They have a son, Þorsteinn Davíðsson, born 12th November 1971, a lawyer from the University of Iceland.
