Edda Andrésdóttir (born 28 December 1952) is an Icelandic journalist, news anchor and writer.
[1] Edda was born to Svava Jónsdóttir, a housewife, and Andrés Magnússon, a foreman at Hvalur hf.
For a while, she was the editor of the magazine Hús og híbýli, a news anchor and television program creator at RÚV and a journalist at Helgarpósturinn.
In 1990, Edda started working at Stöð 2 as a news anchor and program creator.
[3][4] Edda's husband is Stefán Ólafsson, professor of sociology at the University of Iceland.