# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valger-ur-sverrisdottir
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:05:38.749Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valger-ur-sverrisdottir"
name: "Valgerður Sverrisdóttir"
slug: "valger-ur-sverrisdottir"
description: "Valgerður Sverrisdóttir is an Icelandic politician. She was a member of the Althing, for the Progressive Party for the Northeast constituency starting in 1987 and was Chairman of the Progressive Party parliamentary group from 1995 to 1999, Minister of Industry and Commerce from 1999 to 2006, and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2004 to 2005. She was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 15 June 2006 to 24 May 2007. She has been a member of the Progressive Party's central committee since 1983."
tagline: "Icelandic politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valgerdur_Sverisdottir%2C_Islands_samarbets-_och_naringsminister.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-03-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump