Jónína Leósdóttir
Jónína Leósdóttir 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 ; and until 2015, Jónína was the only modern person to have been the same-sex spouse of a sitting head of government. The pair met in 1983.
She wrote her first book, Sundur og saman 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.
