Bjarni Harðarson (born 25 December 1961 in Arnýjarhús, Hveragerði)[1] is a bookseller, novelist, and former MP from the Icelandic Progressive Party.
Bjarni was elected to parliament in 2007 as the eighth MP from the South Constituency.
On 10 November 2008 he was involved in a political scandal; when he mistakenly leaked a document of his that contained strong criticism of Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, vice chairman of the Progressive Party, by emailing it to the press.
Bjarni and his wife Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir (composer and poet) run Bókakaffið (https://www.bokakaffid.is/), a legendary bookshop in Selfoss which opened on 6 October 2006,[4] and an outlet with the same name in Ármúli in Reykjavík.
The ever-growing publishing arm of Bókakaffið is Sæmundur (formerly Sunnlenska bókaútgáfan[5]), boasting of a catalogue of more than 200 books.