Dagur B. Eggertsson

About Dagur

Dagur Bergþóruson Eggertsson is the mayor of Reykjavík City. Dagur is the City Council Chair for the Social Democratic Alliance and former Vice-President of the party. He has held the position of mayor since 2014.

Dagur was born on June 19, 1972. He was born in Oslo, but was raised in the neighborhood of Árbær, the son of Eggert Gunnarsson, veterinarian, and Bergþóra Jónsdóttir, biochemist. Dagur is married to Arna Dögg Einarsdóttir, a doctor at Landspítali — The National University Hospital of Iceland. Their daughters are Ragnheidur Hulda and Móeiður, and their sons are Steinar Gauti and Eggert.

Career

2002-2004 Physician in the Accident and Emergency Department and Physician in the Infection Department of Landspítali — The National University Hospital of Iceland
2001 Health Center Physician in Ísafjörður
2000-2001 Assistant Physician at Landspítali — The National University Hospital of Iceland
Author of the biography of Steingrímur Hermannsson, I-III (Published in 1998, 1999, 2000)
1995-1998 Radio Programmer Channel 1 (I. “Rás 1”) of the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service
1995-1996 Executive Director of the Student Innovation Fund
1994-1995 Student Council Chair at the University of Iceland

Education

2005 Master's Degree in Human Rights and International Law from the University of Lund
1999 Candidatus Medicinae in Medicine from the University of Iceland
1992 Matriculation examination from Reykjavík Junior College
Árbæjarskóli

General Social Activities

1997-1999 Board Member of the Student Community Institute
1995-1997 Member of the Committee for the Reform of the Act on LIN (Icelandic Student Loan Fund)
1994-1995 Chair of the University of Iceland Student Council
1994-1996 Member of Student Council for Röskva, the Association of Socially Minded People

Political Career