Tryggvi Snær Hlinason (born 28 October 1997) is an Icelandic professional basketball for Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB.

The country has no basketball program in its secondary schools; his parents planned to have him learn as much as he could, especially in the electrical field, in order for him to help improve their farm operations.

[4] In his second season, he averaged 12.8 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks[5] and helped Þór Akureyri win Division I and achieve promotion to the Úrvalsdeild, the top tier league in Iceland.

[10] In December 2017 it was revealed that he finish second in voting for the Icelandic Men's Basketball Player of the Year award, after Martin Hermannsson.

[13] On 16 April 2018 Tryggvi declared for the 2018 NBA draft, for which ESPN considered him a potential second-round pick.

[3] Einar commented on Tryggvi's development in the aforementioned ESPN piece: "In 40 months he goes from a kid in a farm who liked sports but never played basketball into being signed by Valencia.

"[3] On 23 February 2020, Tryggvi had 26 points, 17 rebounds and 8 blocks in a victory against Slovakia in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup pre-qualification.

[26] On 25 February 2022, Tryggvi had 34 points, 21 rebounds and 5 blocked shots in a double overtime victory against Italy in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.