She was CEO of Iceland's cancer society from 1992 to 2009, when she retired to spend time with her family and to continue farming forests.
Guðrún Agnarsdóttir was born in Reykjavík to Agnar Guðmundsson and Birna Petersen on 2 June 1941.
[1] She served in the Alþingi from 1983 to 1990; for the first four years, she was elected at the national level, and for the last three, she represented Reykjavík.
[5] She was the only woman to run, and lost to Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson with around 25 percent of the vote.
[2] From 1988 to 1992, she was a member of the executive board of the cancer society of Iceland, and from 1992 to 2009, was its CEO;[9] she retired to spend time with her grandchildren and continue forest farming.