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Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir

Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir (born 21 February 1971)[1] is an Icelandic politician.[2] Heiða has been the vice chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance[3] since February 2017.[4] She is the former chairman of the party's women's movement[5] and she is a city councillor in Reykjavík.[6][7][8]

Heida Bjorg Hilmisdottir
Vice leader of the Social Democratic Alliance
Assumed office
4 February 2017
Preceded byLogi Már Einarsson
Personal details
Born (1971-02-21) 21 February 1971 (age 53)
Akureyri, Iceland
Political partySocial Democratic Alliance
SpouseHrannar Björn Arnarsson
Children4

Political career edit

Hilmisdottir was the chairman of the Women's Movement in Social Democratic Alliance from 2013 to 2015.[9] She took a seat on the Reykjavík City Council in 2015 where she has been in the executive board for the city. Hilmisdottir has been the chair of the Reykjavík Violence Prevention Committee since its establishment, which was approved at a women's celebration meeting of the city council on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage on 31 March 2015.

Hilmisdottir was second on the Samfylkingin's list in the 2018 city council elections and was elected chairman of the Reykjavík Welfare Council at a meeting of the city council on 19 June 2019. Hilmisdottir became vice chairman of the Association of Local Authorities in Iceland in 2018,[10] she is a member of the board of Félagsbústaðir, social housing company and is[11] vice president for ECAD, European Cities Action Network for Drug Free Societies.[12] Hilmisdottir is vice president for the Icelandic Association of Local Authorities[13][14] and is in the policy committee in the Council of European Municipalities and regions.[15]

Hilmisdottir is a representative in the Presidency of Party of European Socialists, that holds strategic discussion on progressive priorities for the future of Europe.[16]

Hilmisdottir was elected chairman of the executive board of the party[9] on 4 June 2016 and elected vice chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance 4 February 2017,[4] but the party had just emerged from the parliamentary elections where the party received only 5.7% of the vote.[17][18] She has been re-elected twice, first in 2018[19] and then in 2020.[20] Hilmisdottir is a feminist[21] and took active part in the #metoo movement in Iceland[22] and was the spokesperson for women in politics under the hashtag #ískuggavaldsins.[23][24][25] Welfare politics outside Iceland.[26][27][28][29][30][31]

Professional life edit

Before taking a seat in the city council, Hilmisdottir worked as the head of the food and nutrition services at Landspítali University hospital.[32] She was the Vice-Chair of the MS Association in Iceland, the vice chair[33] and later Chair of the Nordic MS Association,[34] the Chair of the Iceland Nutrition Society[35] and a member of the Representative Council of EFAD[clarification needed] The European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians.[36][37]

She has covered food and nutrition in the media,[38] worked as a journalist, taught at the University of Iceland,[39][40][41] she is a published author of two cookbooks Samlokur with Bryndís Eva Birgisdóttir[42] and Af bestu lyst 4[43]

Education edit

Hilmisdottir is educated as a dietitian[36][39] and administrative dietitian,[44] and has a M.Sc. in nutrition management from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.[45] She has an executive MBA degree from Reykjavík University and a diploma in positive psychology from the University of Iceland.

References edit

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  2. ^ "Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir". SocDemWiki. 19 February 2021.
  3. ^ Lansford - University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf CoastPolitical Handbook of the World 2018-2019 - Page 2021
  4. ^ a b "Heiða Björg nýr varaformaður Samfylkingarinnar". Samfylkingin. 4 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Ársþing Kvennahreyfingar Samfylkingarinnar". www.facebook.com.
  6. ^ Alfageme, Ana (3 March 2019). "En el país de las mujeres fuertes". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ hreinn (13 June 2014). "Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir". Reykjavíkurborg (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Councillors". City of Reykjavík. 16 November 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Nýtt fólk í stjórn Samfylkingar". RÚV. 4 June 2016.
  10. ^ Ársskýrsla 2018 samband.is
  11. ^ "Stjórn Félagsbústaða". Reykjavíkurborg. 26 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Board - European Cities Against Drugs". www.ecad.net.
  13. ^ "English". Samband íslenskra sveitarfélaga.
  14. ^ "Stjórn sambandsins". Samband íslenskra sveitarfélaga.
  15. ^ "CCRE: Directory of CEMR elected officials". www.ccre.org.
  16. ^ "Presidency". PES. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  17. ^ General elections to the Althingi 29 October 2016 hagstofa.is
  18. ^ "Icelandic parliamentary election - 2016". Iceland Monitor.
  19. ^ "Heiða Björg endurkjörin varaformaður Samfylkingarinnar". Samfylkingin. 2 March 2018.
  20. ^ "Heiða Björg endurkjörin varaformaður Samfylkingarinnar". www.frettabladid.is.
  21. ^ "Icelandic Women in Politics Share Experiences of Sexism". 22 November 2017.
  22. ^ "From Iceland — #MeToo: Culture Of Abuse Still Exists In Icelandic Politics". The Reykjavik Grapevine. 7 December 2017.
  23. ^ Krook, Mona Lena, Violence Against Women in Politics, page 35.Oxford University Press, 2020
  24. ^ "Icelandic women politicians publish stories of sexual harassment". Iceland Monitor.
  25. ^ "Iceland women politicians go public on harassment". BBC News. 24 November 2017.
  26. ^ Feldt-Ranta, Maarit (11 November 2018). "Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir reste till Finland för att berätta om Islands-miraklet".
  27. ^ "Alla kan lära av det isländska miraklet – "Jag säger nej för att jag älskar dig"". demokraatti.fi. 12 November 2018.
  28. ^ Jonsson, SPT/Sören. "Nykter framgångssaga på Island - staten hjälper de unga att hitta en hobby". www.hbl.fi.
  29. ^ "Island lyckades locka unga bort från alkohol och droger - kan vi lyckas med samma i Finland?". svenska.yle.fi.
  30. ^ "Tallene rasler ned: I Island har de med succes bekæmpet druk blandt unge - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk. 19 August 2018.
  31. ^ "Forebyggelse for fremtiden. Program hedensted.dk
  32. ^ "Spara tugi milljóna með betri matarnýtingu". RÚV. 5 September 2014.
  33. ^ Íslands, MS félag. "HEIÐA BJÖRG NÝR VARAFORMAÐUR NMSR". MS félag Íslands.
  34. ^ "ÍSLAND MEÐ FORMENNSKU Í NMSR | MS Setrið". mssetrid.is.
  35. ^ "Iceland Nutrition Society – Federation of European Nutrition Societies". fensnutrition.org. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  36. ^ a b "EFAD". Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  37. ^ "MNÍ - Stjórn og nefndir". www.mni.is.
  38. ^ "Myndasafn mbl.is". www.mbl.is.
  39. ^ a b "Heiða Hilmisdóttir | Student | University of Iceland, Reykjavík | HI | Faculty of Education Studies". ResearchGate.
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  42. ^ "Samlokur með stæl". www.mbl.is.
  43. ^ "Sömdu matreiðslubók í samvinnu við Embætti landlæknis, Hjartavernd og Krabbameinsfélagið". Landspítali. 22 July 2017.
  44. ^ Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is.
  45. ^ "Home | University of Gothenburg". www.gu.se. 16 May 2023.
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