Þorgrímur Þráinsson
| Thorgrimur Thrainsson | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
January 8, 1959 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Occupation | Writer, motivational speaker, footballer(retired) |
| Spouse(s) | Ragnhildur Eiriksdottir (m. 1990) |
| Children |
Kristófer Þorgrímsson Kolfinna Þorgrímsdóttir Þorlákur Helgi Þorgrímsson |
| Awards |
Icelandic Children's Book Prize 1997, 2010 City artist of Reykjavík 2013 |
| Website |
andi morning2midnight |
Þorgrímur Þráinsson, born 8 January 1959 in Reykjavík, is a writer, a motivational speaker and an Icelandic former footballer. For the past twenty years, Thorgrimur, has been Iceland’s most popular author of books for teenagers. His books have sold extremely well in Iceland, a country with a population of just 330,000. Individually, his books have sold between 5,200 and 9,200 copies.
In 2010 he won the Icelandic Children's Book Prize for his book Ertu Guð, afi?; he had previously won it in 1997 for Margt býr í myrkrinu.
In January 2016, he announced his intention to run for President of Iceland in the 2016 presidential election.
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