Árni Steinar Jóhannsson

Árni Steinar Jóhannsson (12 June 1953 – 1 November 2015) was an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Left-Green Movement, he represented the Northeastern constituency from May 1999 to May 2003.

Árni was born on 12 June 1953 in Dalvík. He was the son of fisherman Jóhann Helgason and shopkeeper Valrós Árnadóttir. His father was amongst several sailors who were killed during a severe blizzard off northern Iceland on 9 April 1963. He was Fourth Deputy Speaker of the Althing from June 1999 to May 2003.

After leaving the Althing, Árni was the Environmental Director for the municipality of Fjarðabyggð until his death. He was on the board of energy company RARIK from 2008 to 2014 and served as its chairman from 2009 to 20141.