Halldóra Eldjárn [SEP] date of death
Halldóra Eldjárn
Halldóra Eldjárn (24 November 1923 – 21 December 2008) was the wife of Icelandic President Kristján Eldjárn and First Lady of Iceland from 1968 to 1980.
Halldóra Ingólfsdóttir was born and raised in Ísafjörður. Her parents were Ingólfur Árnason, a businessman, and his wife Ólöf Sigríður Jónasdóttir; she was the eldest of four children. She graduated from the Commercial College of Iceland in 1942 and worked in an office in Reykjavík until her marriage to archaeologist and museum director Kristján Eldjárn in 1947. They lived in Reykjavík
Eldjárn
Eldjárn or Eldjarn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: 
- Halldóra Eldjárn (1923-2008), First Lady of Iceland, 1968-80
- Kristján Eldjárn (1916-1982), President of Iceland, 1968-80
- Lorentz Eldjarn (1920-2007), Norwegian biochemist
- Þórarinn Eldjárn (born 1949), Icelandic writer