Jónína Leósdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Jónína.

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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (second from right) and Jónína (far left) with Slovenian President Danilo Türk and his wife Barbara. Official visit to Slovenia.

Jónína Leósdóttir (born 16 May 1954) is an Icelandic novelist, playwright and former journalist. She is the author of a dozen plays, seven novels, two biographies and a collection of articles she originally wrote for a women's magazine. 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). She has now written a book about her relationship with the former prime minister. She has one son from a previous marriage. She has a BA in English and Literature from the University of Iceland.

See also

• List of spouses of presidents and prime ministers of Iceland

External links

• Jónína Leósdóttir's page on the website of the Icelandic Association of Playwrights and Screenwriters
• Jónína Leósdóttir's page on Literature.is, a website containing information about contemporary Icelandic authors and their work.
• Jónína Leósdóttir interviewed by Kate Mosse on YouTube
• Jónína Leósdóttir on Outlook
• Jónína Leósdóttir on Womans Hour
• Jónína Leósdóttir interview in The Telegraph
• Jónína Leósdóttir interview in El País
• Jónína Leósdóttir interview in The Times