Einar Arnórsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Einar.

Einar Arnórsson


Minister for Iceland
In office 4 May 1915 – 4 January 1917
Preceded by	Sigurður Eggerz
Succeeded by	Jón Magnússon
Personal details
Born	(1880-02-24)24 February 1880
Died	29 March 1955(1955-03-29) (aged 75)
Political party	Independence Party (historical) (þversum faction) Independence Party (modern)

Einar Arnórsson (24 February 1880 – 29 March 1955) was Minister for Iceland from 4 May 1915 to 4 January 1917. Einar graduated in Laws from the University of Copenhagen in 1906. He was elected to Althingi and sat there in 1914–1919 and 1931–1932 for the Independence party. He was Minister of Education and Justice during Björn Þórðarson's government in 1942–1944. He was professor in Law at the University of Iceland from 1911 to 1915 and again after leaving office as Minister for Iceland from 1917 to 1922. He was a Supreme Court Judge in 1932–1942 and again in 1944–1945. He was president of the University of Iceland in 1918–1919 and 1929–1930. For a short time he was father-in-law to Halldór Laxness. He was editor of Ísafold and Morgunblaðið in 1919–1920.

Ministers for Iceland

Constitution (1874–1904)	Christian Sophus Klein Johannes Magnus Valdemar Nellemann Nicolai Reimer Rump Hugo Egmont Hørring August Hermann Ferdinand Carl Goos Peter Adler Alberti

Home rule (1904–1918)	Hannes Hafstein Björn Jónsson Kristján Jónsson Hannes Hafstein Sigurður Eggerz Einar Arnórsson Jón Magnússon

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 62588297 LCCN: nr95004193 ISNI: 0000 0000 5337 6926 GND: 128048638 SUDOC: 069045712

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