Vilmundur Gylfason

Vilmundur Gylfason
Minister of Justice, Religion and Education
In office
15 October 1979  8 February 1980
Prime MinisterBenedikt Gröndal
Preceded byRagnar Arnalds
Succeeded byIngvar Gíslason
Personal details
Born(1948-08-07)7 August 1948
Reykjavík, Iceland
Died19 June 1983(1983-06-19) (aged 34)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyAlliance of Social Democrats (After 1983)
Social Democratic Party (Before 1982)


Vilmundur Gylfason (7 August 1948 19 June 1983) was an Icelandic politician, historian and poet. He was the son of Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason and Guðrún Vilmundardóttir.