Directorate of Health
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| headquarters = Katrínartúni 2,
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The Directorate of Health (Icelandic: Embætti landlæknis) is an Icelandic government agency whose principal role is to promote high-quality and safe health care for the people of Iceland, health promotion, and effective disease prevention measures.
History
The Directorate was founded on 18 March 1760 when Bjarni Pálsson was made the first Director of Health (Icelandic: Landlæknir) by a royal decree.{{cite news |author1=Kjartan Hreinn Njálsson |title=Minntust 300 ára afmælis Bjarna Pálssonar |url=https://www.frettabladid.is/timamot/minntust-300-ara-afmlis-bjarna-palssonar/ |accessdate=6 April 2020 |work=Fréttablaðið |date=20 May 2019 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Lýðheilsustöð sameinast embætti landlæknis |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2011/05/02/lydheilsustod_sameinast_embaetti_landlaeknis/ |accessdate=5 April 2020 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=2 May 2011 |language=Icelandic}} In 2018, Alma Möller became the first woman to serve as Director.{{cite news |author1=Kristín Ólafsdóttir |title=Skipuð landlæknir fyrst kvenna |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2018180309697/fyrsta-konan-skipud-landlaeknir |accessdate=10 April 2020 |work=Vísir.is |date=2 March 2018 |language=Icelandic}}
= Directors of Health =
- Bjarni Pálsson 1760–1779
- Jón Sveinsson 1780–1803
- Sveinn Pálsson 1803–1804 (acting)
- Tómas Klog 1804–1815
- Oddur Hjaltalín 1816–1820 (acting)
- Jón Thorstenssen 1820–1855
- Jón Hjaltalín 1855–1881
- Jónas Jónassen 1881–1882 (acting)
- Hans J. G. Schierbeck 1882–1895
- Jónas Jónassen 1895–1906
- Guðmundur Björnsson 1906–1931
- Vilmundur Jónsson 1931–1959
- Sigurður Sigurðsson 1960–1972
- Ólafur Ólafsson 1972–1998
- Sigurður Guðmundsson 1998–2006
- Matthías Halldórsson 2006–2007 (acting)
- Sigurður Guðmundsson 2007–2008
- Matthías Halldórsson 2008–2009
- Geir Gunnlaugsson 2010–2014
- Birgir Jakobsson 2015–2018
- Alma Möller 2018–2024
- Gudrún Aspelund 2024–2025 (temporary)
- María Heimisdóttir 2025–present
References
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External links
- [https://www.landlaeknir.is/english/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412230707/https://www.landlaeknir.is/english/ |date=2021-04-12 }}
- {{Twitter|landlaeknir}}
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Category:1760 establishments in Europe
Category:Government agencies of Iceland