Magnús Kjartansson

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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 Magnús.

Magnús Kjartansson (25 February 1919 – 28 July 1981) was an Icelandic journalist, writer, politician and former minister. From 1947 to 1971, he was an editor of Thjódviljinn newspaper (in Icelandic Þjóðviljinn) that became an organ of the political formation Alþýðubandalagið.

He was assigned as minister for social insurance during a coalition government ruling the country.

External links

Non auto-biography of Magnús Kjartansson on the parliament website

v t e First cabinet of Ólafur Jóhannesson

Ministers	Björn Jónsson Einar Ágústsson Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson Hannibal Valdimarsson Lúðvík Aðalsteinn Jósepsson Magnús Kjartansson Magnús Torfi Ólafsson Ólafur Jóhannesson

Persondata
Name	Kjartansson, Magnús
Alternative names
Short description	Icelandic politician
Date of birth	25 February 1919
Place of birth
Date of death	28 July 1981
Place of death

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