Georgia Björnsson

Georgia Björnsson
Georgia Björnsson
First Lady of Iceland
	In role; 17 June 1944 – 25 January 1952
President	Sveinn Björnsson
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Dóra Þórhallsdóttir
Personal details
Born	18 January 1884; Denmark
Died	18 September 1957 (aged 73)

Georgia Björnsson (born Georgia Hansen;[1] 18 January 1884 – 18 September 1957) was the wife of the first Icelandic President Sveinn Björnsson and was the First Lady of Iceland from 1944 to 1952. Björnsson was born in Denmark to Danish parents.

Honours

Iceland: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (1 January 1946) [2]

Family

On 2 September 1908 she married Sveinn Björnsson (born 27 February 1881, died 25 January 1952). They had six children: Björn (1909), Anna Catherine Aagot (1911), Henrik (1914), Sveinn Christen (1916), Ólafur (1919), Elísabet (1922). Her eldest son Björn Sveinsson Björnsson served in the German military as a part of the Schutzstaffel in World War II.[3]

Her great grand daughter is Georgía Olga Kristiansen, the first female referee to officiate in the highest competitive tier men's basketball league in Iceland.[4] Her great grandson is Henrik Björnsson, singer and lead guitarist in the shoegaze rock band Singapore Sling.[5]

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References

"Sveinn Björnsson". Alþingi. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
Icelandic Presidency Website (Icelandic), Order of the Falcon, Georgía Björnsson
Útsendingar Þjóðverja (in Icelandic)
Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 October 2017). "Langömmubarn fyrstu forsetafrúar Íslands endurskrifaði íslenska körfuboltasögu í gær". Vísir.is. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
Fontaine, Paul (16 June 2016). "Our Local Regent". Reykjavík Grapevine (in Icelandic) (8). p. 20. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

Honorary titles
Preceded by New title	First Lady of Iceland 1944 – 1952	Succeeded by Dóra Þórhallsdóttir

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[1] "Sveinn Björnsson". Alþingi. Retrieved 2017-01-01.

[2] Icelandic Presidency Website (Icelandic), Order of the Falcon, Georgía Björnsson

[3] Útsendingar Þjóðverja (in Icelandic)

[4] Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 October 2017). "Langömmubarn fyrstu forsetafrúar Íslands endurskrifaði íslenska körfuboltasögu í gær". Vísir.is. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[5] Fontaine, Paul (16 June 2016). "Our Local Regent". Reykjavík Grapevine (in Icelandic) (8). p. 20. Retrieved 9 December 2017.