# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjorgvin-g-sigur-sson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:25:42.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjorgvin-g-sigur-sson"
name: "Björgvin G. Sigurðsson"
slug: "bjorgvin-g-sigur-sson"
description: "Björgvin G. Sigurðsson is an Icelandic politician, representing the Social Democratic Alliance. He became Iceland's first Minister of Business Affairs when the new ministry was split off from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce on 24 May 2007. On 25 January 2009 Björgvin announced he would be stepping down as Minister effective immediately, firing the head of the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority as his last official act. He thus assumed part of the political responsibility for the current financial crisis and the associated protests. He was a been a member of the Althing for the South Iceland constituency from 2003 to 2013."
tagline: "Icelandic politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bjorgvin_Gudni_Sigurdsson_handelsminister_och_nordisk_samarbetsminister_Island_pa_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Helsingfors_2008-10-27.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1970-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.935637333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rgvin_Sigur%C3%B0sson"
    title: "Björgvin Sigurðsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rgvin_Gu%C3%B0ni_Sigur%C3%B0sson"
    title: "Björgvin Guðni Sigurðsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rgvin_G._Sigur%C3%B0sson"
    title: "Björgvin G. Sigurðsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rgvin_G._Sigur%C3%B0sson"
    title: "Björgvin G. Sigurðsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rgvin_G._Sigur%C3%B0sson"
    title: "Björgvin G. Sigurðsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rgvin_G._Sigur%C3%B0sson"
    title: "Björgvin G. Sigurðsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ビョルグヴィン・シグルズソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879490"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump