Guðmundur Gunnarsson
Guðmundur Gunnarsson is the leader of the Icelandic Electricians' Union, Rafiðnaðarsamband Íslands. He is the father of the singer Björk.
Guðmundur's parents were Gunnar Guðmundsson and Hallfríður Guðmundsdóttir. He qualified as a journeyman electrician in 1966. He graduated from the Technical College of Iceland in 1969. Gunnarsson has been head of the electricians union since 1993.
He was a municipal representative of the Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn in Reykjavík from 1994 to 1998 and Chairman of the Nordic Federation of Electricians' Unions from 1994 to 1996 and from 2004 to 2006.
Guðmundur has written numerous textbooks for electricians.
