Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir

Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 29 April 1981)[1] is an actress and television presenter who is the assistant director of RÚV, the Icelandic national broadcaster. She is a former Miss Iceland.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ragnhildur.
Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Born (1981-04-29) 29 April 1981
OccupationAssistant director of RÚV, television presenter and actress

Life and career

Ragnhildur is from Keflavík. Her father is Jón Þór Harðarson, a mechanical engineer. Her mother, Ragnhildur Steinunn Maríusdóttir, died when she was seven years old.[1] In the 1990s Ragnhildur was a gymnast; she won a bronze medal in the national championships in 1998 and was named to the national team.[2] She completed an undergraduate degree in physiotherapy at the University of Iceland.

In 2003, she won Miss Iceland.[3]

Ragnhildur began working for RÚV in 2004,[4] with Ópið, a programme for teenagers, and was later a journalist and co-host on the primetime news/talk show Kastljós,[5][6] and host of Dans dans dans, the Icelandic version of the American TV show So You Think You Can Dance.[4][7] She has also hosted documentaries and worked as a scriptwriter, editor, and programme developer for RÚV,[6] and in January 2018 she was named to a newly created post as assistant director of the company.[4][6]

She hosted Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2007, the contest to decide Iceland's representation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007,[8] and many subsequent versions of the show, and is on the board of the Icelandic organisation with primary responsibility for organising the show,[4] and is the spokesperson for Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest.[9]

In 2017, with Edda Hermannsdóttir, she published a book of interviews on gender equality, Forystuþjóð.[10]

Filmography

Personal life

In 2018 Ragnhildur married the footballer Haukur Ingi Guðnason, her partner since 1996;[11] they have four children.[12]

Preceded by
Manuela Ósk Harðardóttir		 Miss Iceland
2003		 Succeeded by
Hugrún Harðardóttir

References
  1. Helga Kristina Einarsdóttir (13 February 2005). "Tengsl: Jón Þór Harðarson véltæknifræðingur og Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir háskólanemi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
  2. "Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir: The best gymnast in Keflavik 1998". Gymnastics Slovakia. Archived from the original on 9 September 2004.
  3. "Ragnhildur Steinunn valin ungfrú Ísland". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 May 2003 [23 May 2003].
  4. "Ragnhildur Steinunn aðstoðardagskrárstjóri RÚV". Kjarninn (in Icelandic). 23 January 2018.
  5. "Öðruvísi Kastljós í Sjónvarpinu í kvöld". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 10 October 2005.
  6. Marta María Jónasdóttir (15 February 2018). "Ímynd 'ofurkonunnar' stórhættuleg". Morgunblaðið (interview) (in Icelandic).
  7. "Stýrir íslenskri útgáfu af So You Think You Can Dance". Fréttatíminn (no longer online) (in Icelandic). 5 August 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  8. Marcus Klier (20 January 2007). "Tonight: first Icelandic semi final". ESC Today.
  9. "Stjärnorna säljer gamla kläder på loppis". Islandsbloggen (in Swedish). 16 May 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  10. Guðný Hrönn (7 February 2017). "Ragnhildur og Edda gefa út bók um jafnréttismál". Vísir (in Icelandic).
  11. Ragna Gestsdóttir (24 July 2018). "Ragnhildur Steinunn og Haukur Ingi giftu sig á Ítalíu – 'Við erum loksins hjón'". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic).
  12. Ragna Gestsdóttir (29 March 2019). "Ragnhildur Steinunn og Haukur Ingi eignuðust tvíbura". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic).
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