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Sigrun PAlsdottir

Sigrún Pálsdóttir is an Icelandic writer and historian born in Reykjavík in 1967. She earned a PhD in the history of ideas from the University of Oxford in 2001 and subsequently served as a research fellow and lecturer at the University of Iceland. From 2008 to 2016, she edited 'Saga', the principal peer-reviewed journal for Icelandic history. She is a prolific writer known for historical biographies and novels, including 'Þóra biskups' (2010) and 'Ferðasaga' (2010).