Dagur B. Eggertsson
Mayor of Reykjavík
Curriculum Vitae
Dagur is born on June 19th, 1972 in Oslo. He was brought up in a suburb of Reykjavik called Árbær. The son of Eggert Gunnarsson veterinarian and Berþóra Jónsdóttir, biochemist. Married to Arna Dögg Einarsdóttir, medical doctor at Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland. They have four children Ragnheidur Hulda b. May 2004, Steinar Gauti b. September 2005, Eggert b. August 2009 and Móeiður b. March 2011.
Education:
Masters degree in Human Rights and International Law - University of Lund, Sweden 2005
Cand.med. et chir. - University of Iceland 1999
Professional career:
Lecturer in courses on public health, Reykjavik University, 2005-7
Doctor at the E.R. – Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik 2003-4
Department of Microbiology – Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik 2002
Physician – Isafjordur health centre, summer 2001
Assistant doctor – Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik 2000-1
Author of a 3 volume biography of former prime minister Mr. Hermannsson, 1998-2000
Programme making on Icelandic National Radio, channel 1 1995-8
Managing director of The Icelandic Student Innovation Fund 1995-6
Chairman of the Student Council, University of Iceland 1994-5
Political career
Mayor of Reykjavík from June 2018
Mayor of Reykjavík from June 2014
Chairman of the City Executive Committee 2010 – 2014
Vice chairman of the Social Democratic alliance 2009 - 2013
Mayor of Reykjavik, from October 2007 – January 2008
Chairman of the City Planning Committee of Reykjavík, 2004-6
Member of the City Council of Reykjavik from May 2002