How to Pronounce Halldóra Eldjárn
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Nov 24, 1923 Ísafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland Died on 21 Dec 2008 (aged 85)
First Lady of Iceland
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About Halldóra Eldjárn
- Halldóra Eldjárn (24 November 1923 – 21 December 2008) was the wife of Icelandic President Kristján Eldjárn and First Lady of Iceland from 1968 to 1980. Halldóra Ingólfsdóttir was born and raised in Ísafjörður.
- Her parents were Ingólfur Árnason, a businessman, and his wife Ólöf Sigríður Jónasdóttir; she was the eldest of four children.
- She graduated from the Commercial College of Iceland in 1942 and worked in an office in Reykjavík until her marriage to archaeologist and museum director Kristján Eldjárn in 1947.
- They lived in Reykjavík and had four children.
- He retired in 1980 after three terms as President; after his death in 1982, Halldóra worked for the University of Iceland dictionary for a number of years.
