Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Ragnhildur.
Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Born (1981-04-29) 29 April 1981
Occupation Co-host of Kastljós

Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 29 April 1981) is an Icelandic television personality, actress, and former Miss Iceland.[1]

Biography

Ragnhildur began her gymnastics career in 1991,[2] and was recognised as the 1998 Best Gymnast.[3] Ragnhildur is the co-host of Sjónvarpið's top-rated primetime news/talk show Kastljós. She completed an undergraduate degree in physiotherapy at the University of Iceland. She also hosted Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2007, a contest to decide who represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.[4] In recent years, she has been the spokesperson for Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest.[5] She is the only child of Ragnhildur Steinunn Maríusdóttir and Jón Þór Harðarson, a mechanical engineer, who used to work for the Icelandic aluminium company Alcan. Ragnhildur's mother died when she was seven years old. At the age of 27, Ragnhildur started working on a youth program for RÚV-Icelandic National Television. Later she became the co-host of the primetime show Kastljós. Last year Ragnhildur was nominated one of the best Icelandic TV presenters.[6] In August 2011, it was reported that Ragnhildur will be hosting the Icelandic version of the American TV show So You Think You Can Dance.[7]

Filmography

Preceded by
Manuela Ósk Harðardóttir		 Miss Iceland
2003 		Succeeded by
Hugrún Harðardóttir

References

  1. ↑ "Ragnhildur Steinunn valin ungfrú Ísland" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 24 May 2003.
  2. ↑ Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (Jonsdottir)
  3. ↑ COACHES CORNER
  4. ↑ Case closed – It's True for Iceland! | News | Eurovision Song Contest
  5. ↑ "Stjärnorna säljer gamla kläder på loppis" (in Swedish). 16 May 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ragnhildur Steinunn í ævintýralegum myndaþætti" (in Icelandic). DV. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Stýrir íslenskri útgáfu af So You Think You Can Dance" (in Icelandic). 5 August 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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