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Sturla Böðvarsson

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Sturla Böðvarsson is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Sturla Böðvarsson · Стюдла Бёдварссон				[sources]
Alias	Sturla Bodhvarsson · Sturla Bödvarsson · Стурла Бёдварссон[				[sources]
Birth date	1945-11-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Ólafsvík				[sources]
Death date	2026-01-10				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Iceland				[sources]
Citizenship	Iceland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Sturla				[sources]
Political association	Independence Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7629074				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Alþingi (member, 2003-2007) · Alþingi (member, 2007-2009) · Member of the 2007-2009 Parliament of Iceland (2007-2009) · Member of the Althing · Minister of Transport (1999-2007)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-11	Last processed	2026-04-26	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Icelandic politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Alþingi	2003-05-26	2007-03-17

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ásthildur Sturludóttir PEP	father	-	-

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MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons290,364

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata343,464

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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