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Auður Auðuns (18 February 1911 – 19 October 1999) was an Icelandic lawyer and politician from the Independence Party. She set several records as she became the first Icelandic woman to obtain a law degree, the first female Mayor of Reykjavík and the first female cabinet member in Iceland when she became Minister of Justice and Church in the short-lived cabinet of Jóhann Hafstein 1970–71.

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  • Auður Auðuns (18 February 1911 – 19 October 1999) was an Icelandic lawyer and politician from the Independence Party. She set several records as she became the first Icelandic woman to obtain a law degree, the first female Mayor of Reykjavík and the first female cabinet member in Iceland when she became Minister of Justice and Church in the short-lived cabinet of Jóhann Hafstein 1970–71. Auður grew up in Isafjördur in the remote Westfjords in North-Western Iceland as the daughter of Margrét Guðrún Jónsdóttir and Jón Auðunn Jónsson, an MP for first the Conservative Party and from 1929 onwards for its successor the Independence Party. At 14 she went to live with relatives in Reykjavík in order to pursue an academic education. Auður graduated from the prestigious Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1929 and got a law degree from the University of Iceland in 1935. She then spent a year studying Icelandic rhetoric and speech patterns in her hometown before she married high court attorney Hermann Jónsson, with whom she had four children Jón (1939), Einar (1942), Margrét (1949), and Árni (1954). She worked for twenty years as a lawyer for the Single Mothers Assistance Committee in Reykjavík 1940–60, was a leading member of the Icelandic Women's Rights Association and acted as an advisor to the government on a number of topics related to family law, children and women's issues. Auður was a city councillor in Reykjavík for 24 years between 1946 and 1970 and chaired the City Council 1954-59 and 1960–70. From 19 November 1959 to 5 October 1960 she was Co-Mayor with future Prime Minister Geir Hallgrímsson and acted as his mentor. He subsequently became the sole Mayor 1960–74. She was elected to the Althing from the Reykjavík constituency 1959–74 having previously been a substitute member 1947–48. She served on the 1975–78. Auður was a delegate at the UN General Assembly in 1967 and chaired the Icelandic delegation at the UN Women's Conference in Mexico City in 1975. (en)
  • Auður Auðuns (naskiĝis 18-an de februaro 1911, mortis 19-an de oktobro 1999) estis islanda politikistino, burĝestrino de Rejkjaviko kaj ministrino pri justico. Ŝi estis la unua virino en ministra ofico en Islando, kaj ankaŭ la unua virino kiu estis burĝestro de Rejkjaviko. * Oficiala paĝo de islanda parlamento (eo)
  • Auður Auðuns (* 18. Februar 1911 in Ísafjörður; † 19. Oktober 1999 in Reykjavík) war eine isländische Rechtsanwältin und Politikerin (Unabhängigkeitspartei). (de)
  • Auður Auðuns, född 1911, död 1999, var en isländsk politiker. Hon var Islands första kvinnliga borgmästare och minister. Auður arbetade som advokat för Reykjavik Maternity Support Committee 1940–1960. Hon var stadsrepresentant i Reykjavík 1946–1970, ordförande för stadsrådet och senare stadsfullmäktige 1954–1959 och 1960–1970. Auður var den första kvinnan som tjänstgjorde som borgmästare i Reykjavík, och hon innehade befattningen tillsammans med Geir Hallgrímsson från 19 november 1959 till 6 oktober 1960. Hon var riksdagsledamot för Reykjavik 1959–1974 för Självständighetspartiet. Hon var medlem i FN:s generalförsamling 1967. Hon utnämndes till justitie- och ecklesiastikminister 10 oktober 1970 och innehade posten fram till mitten av sommaren 1971. Hon var den första isländska kvinnan som tjänstgjorde som minister. Slutligen var hon medlem av radiorådet 1975–1978. (sv)
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  • Auður Auðuns (naskiĝis 18-an de februaro 1911, mortis 19-an de oktobro 1999) estis islanda politikistino, burĝestrino de Rejkjaviko kaj ministrino pri justico. Ŝi estis la unua virino en ministra ofico en Islando, kaj ankaŭ la unua virino kiu estis burĝestro de Rejkjaviko. * Oficiala paĝo de islanda parlamento (eo)
  • Auður Auðuns (* 18. Februar 1911 in Ísafjörður; † 19. Oktober 1999 in Reykjavík) war eine isländische Rechtsanwältin und Politikerin (Unabhängigkeitspartei). (de)
  • Auður Auðuns (18 February 1911 – 19 October 1999) was an Icelandic lawyer and politician from the Independence Party. She set several records as she became the first Icelandic woman to obtain a law degree, the first female Mayor of Reykjavík and the first female cabinet member in Iceland when she became Minister of Justice and Church in the short-lived cabinet of Jóhann Hafstein 1970–71. (en)
  • Auður Auðuns, född 1911, död 1999, var en isländsk politiker. Hon var Islands första kvinnliga borgmästare och minister. Auður arbetade som advokat för Reykjavik Maternity Support Committee 1940–1960. Hon var stadsrepresentant i Reykjavík 1946–1970, ordförande för stadsrådet och senare stadsfullmäktige 1954–1959 och 1960–1970. Auður var den första kvinnan som tjänstgjorde som borgmästare i Reykjavík, och hon innehade befattningen tillsammans med Geir Hallgrímsson från 19 november 1959 till 6 oktober 1960. (sv)
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