Sigríður Á. Andersen
Sigríður Á. Andersen | |
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Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 11 January 2017 – 14 March 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Bjarni Benediktsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
| Preceded by | Ólöf Nordal (Minister of the Interior) |
| Succeeded by | Þórdís Gylfadóttir |
| Member of the Althing | |
| Assumed office 30 November 2024 | |
| Constituency | Reykjavík North |
| In office 26 June 2015 – 25 September 2021 | |
| Constituency | Reykjavík South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sigríður Ásthildur Andersen 21 November 1971 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Political party | Centre (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independence (2007–2024) |
| Spouse | Glúmur Jón Björnsson |
| Education | Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík |
| Alma mater | University of Iceland |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Politician |
Sigríður Ásthildur Andersen (born 21 November 1971) is an Icelandic politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Justice of Iceland from 2017–2019. She resigned as minister of justice in March 2019 after the European Court of Human Rights found her appointments of judges to the Icelandic court of appeals to be illegal.
She was a member of the Icelandic parliament (Althing) for the Independence Party since 2015. In the 2024 parliamentary elections, she left the Independence Party and ran for the Centre Party.