Preceded by Dora Þorhallsdottir Name Halldora Eldjarn | Role Kristjan Eldjarn\'s wife | |
Succeeded by Guðrun Katrin Þorbergsdottir Died December 21, 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland Spouse Kristjan Eldjarn (m. 1947–1982) Children Þorarinn Eldjarn, Olof Eldjarn, Ingolfur Eldjarn, Sigrun Eldjarn Parents Ingolfur Arnason, Olof Sigriður Jonasdottir Grandchildren Ulfur Eldjarn, Ari Eldjarn, Kristjan Eldjarn, Olafur Eldjarn, Halldor Eldjarn People also search for Kristjan Eldjarn, Þorarinn Eldjarn | ||
Halldóra Eldjárn (24 November 1923 – 21 December 2008) was the wife of Icelandic President Kristján Eldjárn and First Lady of Iceland from 1968 to 1980.
Halldóra Ingólfsdóttir was born and raised in Ísafjörður. Her parents were Ingólfur Árnason, a businessman, and his wife Ólöf Sigríður Jónasdóttir; she was the eldest of four children. She graduated from the Commercial College of Iceland in 1942 and worked in an office in Reykjavík until her marriage to archaeologist and museum director Kristján Eldjárn in 1947. They lived in Reykjavík and had four children. He retired in 1980 after three terms as President; after his death in 1982, Halldóra worked for the University of Iceland dictionary for a number of years.
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