Alma Möller
{{short description|Icelandic doctor}}
{{Icelandic name|Alma|surname}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| birth_name = Alma Dagbjört Möller
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Siglufjörður, Iceland
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| party = Social Democratic Alliance
| spouse = Torfi Fjalar Jónasson
| children = 2
| alma_mater = University of Iceland
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| occupation = Doctor • Politician
| office1 = Minister of Health
| termstart1 = 21 December 2024
| predecessor1 = Willum Þór Þórsson
| relatives = Kristján L. Möller (brother)
| primeminister1 = Kristrún Frostadóttir
| office3 = Director of Health
| term_end3 = 10 December 2024
| term_start3 = 1 April 2018
| predecessor3 = Birgir Jakobsson
| successor3 = María Heimisdóttir
| awards = Order of the Falcon (2020)
| office2 = Member of the Althing
| termstart2 = 30 November 2024
| constituency2 = Southwest
| caption = Official portrait, 2025
| image = File:Alma Möller 2025.jpg
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Alma Dagbjört Möller (born 24 June 1961) is an Icelandic doctor and politician. On 1 April 2018 she became the first woman to serve as the Director of Health since the office was established in 1760.{{cite news |author1=Kristín Ólafsdóttir |title=Skipuð landlæknir fyrst kvenna |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2018180309697/fyrsta-konan-skipud-landlaeknir |access-date=29 March 2020 |work=Vísir.is |date=2 March 2018 |language=is}} Since February 2020, she has been one of the lead members of the Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland.{{cite news |author1=Þórarinn Þórarinsson |title=Flippaður landlæknir í nærmynd |url=https://www.frettabladid.is/frettir/flippadur-landlaeknir-i-naermynd/ |access-date=29 March 2020 |work=Fréttablaðið |date=21 March 2020 |language=is}}
On 17 June 2020, Alma was awarded a knighthood of the Order of the Falcon for services to health affairs and contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |title=Þríeykið fékk fálkaorðuna |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2020/06/17/thrieykid_fekk_falkaorduna/ |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Mbl.is |date=17 June 2020 |language=is}}
She was elected to the Althing for the Social Democratic Alliance in the 2024 election. She became Minister of Health in the government of Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir.
Early life
Alma was born in Siglufjörður to Helena Sigtryggsdóttir and Jóhann Georg Möller. She was the youngest of 6 siblings that included Kristján L. Möller, a former parliamentarian{{cite news |author1=Ragna Gestsdóttir |title=Nærmynd Alda D. Möller: "Bara engill af himnum ofan" |url=https://www.mannlif.is/frettir/innlent/naermynd-alda-d-moller-bara-engill-af-himnum-ofan/ |access-date=29 March 2020 |work=Mannlíf |date=22 March 2020 |language=is}} and Minister of Communications.{{Cite web |date=2010-09-08 |title=From Iceland — Local Social Dems Welcome ECA Program |url=https://grapevine.is/news/2010/09/08/local-social-dems-welcome-eca-program/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=The Reykjavik Grapevine |language=en-US}}
In May 1990, she became the first woman to serve as a helicopter doctor for the Icelandic Coast Guard.{{cite news |title=Á neyðarvakt í háloftunum |url=https://timarit.is/page/2589144 |access-date=29 March 2020 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir |date=21 September 1991 |pages=1, 28, 45 |language=is}}{{cite news |author1=Andri Eysteinsson |title=Þótti ekki við hæfi að kona yrði þyrlulæknir |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2020142527d/-thotti-ekki-vid-haefi-ad-kona-yrdi-thyrlulaeknir- |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=Vísir.is |date=10 April 2020 |language=is}}
See also
References
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Category:Knights of the Order of the Falcon
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