Sverrir Hermannsson

Sverrir Hermannsson (26 February 1930 – 12 March 2018) was an Icelandic politician, businessman, and banker.

Early life Sverrir was born in the Svalbarði farm in Ögurvík, Ísafjarðardjúp, on 26 February 1930, to Hermann Hermannsson and Salóme Rannveig Gunnarsdóttir. He graduated from a high school in Akureyri in 1951 and earned a business degree from the University of Iceland in 1955. where he served until 1998.

Soon after leaving Landsbanki, in 1998, he returned to politics to found the Liberal Party and served its chairman from 1998 to 2003. At the 1999 election, he was returned to the Althing, representing Reykjavík, before leaving politics again in 2003.

Death Sverrir died, at the age of 88, on 12 March 2018.

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