Jónína Leósdóttir, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jónína Leósdóttir

Icelandic writer

Date of Birth: 16-May-1954

Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Profession: writer, politician, playwright, journalist, children's writer

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jónína Leósdóttir (born May 16, 1954) is an Icelandic novelist, playwright, former journalist and Spouse of the Prime Minister of Iceland from 2008 until 2013. She is the author of a dozen plays, eleven novels, two biographies and a collection of articles she originally wrote for a women's magazine.
Her books have been translated into several languages.She is married to the former Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, who was the first openly lesbian head of government in modern history.
They were one of the first same-sex couples in Iceland to get married (in 2010, shortly after the law took effect, and while Jóhanna was in office); and until 2015, Jónína was the only modern person to have been the same-sex spouse of a sitting head of government (Belgium's Elio Di Rupo has never been married, while Luxembourg's Xavier Bettel was unable to legally marry until January 1, 2015).
The pair met in 1983.She wrote her first book, Sundur og saman (Back and Forth) in 1993.
The book was about a child whose parents divorced.
She has now written a book about her relationship with the former prime minister.She has a BA in English and Literature from the University of Iceland, and has worked at the University of Essex.