Jón Gnarr

Jón Gnarr ( born January 2, 1967 in Reykjavík Jón Gunnar Kristinsson as ) is an Icelandic comedian, musician, writer and politician. Since June 2010 he has been mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland's capital.

Life

Jón Gnarr was born in 1967 in Reykjavík, the son of a police officer, left school at the age of 14 and attended for two years a boarding school for maladjusted adolescents. After a series of odd jobs, he worked as a nurse in a home for mentally and physically handicapped. At age 19, he wrote the novel Miðnætursólborgin ( "The City of the Midnight Sun " ), and was 20 years old father. Next he wrote in 2006 a " fictional autobiography " entitled Indjáninn ( " The Indians " ), which he Sjóræninginn 2012 ( " The Corsair " ) continued.

His career as a comedian, he began in the early 1990s when public broadcasting Ríkisútvarpið with the radio sitcom Hotel Volkswagen. He later worked for a private station for which he conducted and performed in radio, television and in movies morning " interviews ". In addition to the sketch show Fóstbræður (1997-2001) he was primarily for his role as George Bjarnfreðarson in the three series Næturvaktin (2007), Dagvaktin (2008) and Fangavaktin (2009 ) is known. Jón Gnarr was the bassist for the punk rock band Nefrennsli ( " runny noses " ) and appeared in several films, sitcoms and talk shows with. He also published prose and poetry.

In the local elections in Reykjavík on 27 May 2010, achieved Jón Gnarrs party Besti flokkurinn the most votes and Jón Gnarr was new mayor. Stood as a candidate on its list musician, actor, comic artist and other celebrities. For election program included the following points:

At the national level, Jón Gnarr board member of the party which was founded in 2012 Björt framtid which is closely connected with Besti flokkurinn. In October 2013 Jón Gnarr announced that he will not seek second term as mayor of Reykjavík.

Jón Gnarr converted from the Protestant to the Roman Catholic faith and describes itself as anarchist.

Publications

• Miðnætursólborgin. Smekkleysa, Reykjavík 1989.
• Plebbabókin. Mál above menning, Reykjavík 2002. ISBN 9979-3-2373-6
• Þankagangur. Skálholtsútgáfan, Reykjavík 2005. ISBN 9979-792-06- X
• Indjáninn. Skálduð ævisaga. Mál above menning, Reykjavík 2006. ISBN 9979-3-2792-8
• Sjóræninginn. Skálduð ævisaga. Mál above menning, Reykjavík, 2012. ISBN 978-9979-3-3320-3

German

• Listen carefully and repeat! How I became mayor once and changed the world. From the Icelandic by Betty choice. Klett- Cotta, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-608-50322-7.