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Gunnar Birgisson

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Gunnar Birgisson
Mayor of Fjallabyggð
Personal details
Born(1947-09-30)30 September 1947
Reykjavík, Iceland
Died14 June 2021(2021-06-14) (aged 73)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyIndependence Party

Gunnar Ingi Birgisson (30 September 1947 – 14 June 2021) was an Icelandic politician.[1] Birgir was a member of Alþingi and a mayor of Kópavogur and Fjallabyggð. He coined the saying "Það er gott að búa í Kópavogi" ("It's good to live in Kópavogur"), which is now regarded as the unofficial motto of Kópavogur.[citation needed] He held a doctorate in engineering from the University of Missouri. His doctoral essay about how lava fields performed as foundations. His maternal half brother, Kristinn Halldór Gunnarsson, was also a prominent politician.

References

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  • "Gunnar Birgisson (Gunnar Ingi) - Government profile" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  • "Gunnar Birgisson taking over mayorship of Fjallabyggð" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  1. ^ Hólmfríður Gísladóttir (15 June 2021). "Gunnar Birgisson er látinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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