Þráinn Bertelsson (born 30 November 1944) is an Icelandic film director, writer, politician, journalist and newspaper editor.
He moved into politics in the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, and was elected a member of the Althing in 2009, initially for the Citizens' Movement.
[citation needed] He was a co-founder of Norðan 8 and in 1982 founded his own film company, Nýtt líf (New Life Ltd.).
[4] His 1984 book Hundrað ára afmælið won the Children's Literature Prize of the Reykjavík Board of Education.
[citation needed] He is married to Sólveig Eggertsdóttir, an artist who heads a department at the Iceland Art Academy.