Helgi Magnús Gunnarsson

Helgi Magnús Gunnarsson (born 4 December 1964) is an Icelandic lawyer and former Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in Iceland.

Early life and education Helgi was born in Þingeyri, Iceland, where he lived until he turned 18-years old. He began his schooling at the elementary school in Þingeyri, and was later at Núpur in Dýrafjörður. He then studied carpentry at the Fjölbrautaskólinn í Breiðholti (FB) and finished his exams in 1984.

In 2019, he was criticised for several comments on immigrants and abortion.

In September 2021, Helgi was criticised after liking a comment on Facebook that stated that Stígamót, a centre for survivors of sexual violence in Iceland, and an accuser in the 2021 Football Association of Iceland scandal where guilty of blackmail.

Following his Facebook post regarding the case of a gay immigrant in July 2022, Baldur Þórhallsson, professor of political science at the University of Iceland, stated that years of several controversial comments of Helgi undermined the public's trust in the state prosecutor's office, the courts and the public sector. He was later officially reprimanded for his comments by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Sigríður J. Friðjónsdóttir.