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Guðrún Helgadóttir

Born

in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

September 07, 1935

Genre

Children's Books

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Guðrún first worked as a secretary at a school in Reykjavík, and then as department manager at the National Health and Insurance Office. She was a city councillor for the People's Alliance from 1978 to 1982, and a member of the Icelandic legislative assembly from 1979 until 1995. In 1988 she became Speaker of the Alþing, the first woman to hold the position.
She is one of the best known children's authors in Iceland, and in 1992 received the Nordic Children's Book Prize for Undan illgresinu (From Beneath the Weeds). ...more

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Guðrún Helgadóttir’s books

Average rating: 4.04 · 639 ratings · 29 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	Jón Oddur og Jón Bjarni 4.14 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flumbra: An Icelandic folktale by Guðrún Helgadóttir, Brian Pilkington (Illustrator), Christopher Sanders (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sitji guðs englar (Sitji guðs englar #1) by Guðrún Helgadóttir, Sigrún Eldjárn (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undan illgresinu by Guðrún Helgadóttir, Gunnar Karlsson (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saman í hring (Sitji guðs englar #2) by Guðrún Helgadóttir, Sigrún Eldjárn (Illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meira af Jóni Oddi og Jóni Bjarna 3.84 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1975	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sænginni yfir minni (Sitji guðs englar #3) by Guðrún Helgadóttir, Sigrún Eldjárn (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enn af Jóni Oddi og Jóni Bjarna 3.88 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1980	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Öðruvísi dagar (Öðruvísi-bækurnar, #1) by Guðrún Helgadóttir, Anna Cynthia Leplar (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Páll Vilhjálmsson by Guðrún Helgadóttir, Gunnar Baldursson (Illustrator), Kristín Pálsdóttir (Photographs) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1977	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars