Honorary degree recipients 2010-2019 Guðrún Erlendsdóttir dr. phil. hon. c. 15.06.2018 Faculty of Law John Lindow dr. phil. hon. c. 14.05.2018 Faculty of Social and Human Sciences Gordon Lathrop dr. phil. hon. c. 3.11.2017 Faculty of Theology Carol J. Clover dr. phil. hon. c. 2.10.2015 Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies Anna Guðrún Jónasdóttir dr. scient. pol. hon. c. 18.6.2015 Faculty of Political Science Guðbergur Bergsson dr. phil. hon. c. 1.6.2013 Faculty of Foreign Languages, Literature and Linguistics Thomas William Shakespeare dr. scient. hon. c 16.3.2012 Faculty of Social and Human Sciences Jóhann Páll Árnason dr. phil. hon. c. 1.12.2011 Faculty of History and Philosophy Kari Elisabeth Börresen dr. theol. hon. c. 1.12.2011 Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies Marianne E. Kalinke dr. phil. hon. c. 1.12.2011 Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies Margrét Guðnadóttir dr. med. hon. c. 10.11.2011 Faculty of Medicine Connie White Delaney dr. scient. hon. c. 6.10.2011 Faculty of Nursing Margaret E. Wilson dr. scient. hon. c. 6.10.2011 Faculty of Nursing Haraldur Sigurðsson dr. scient. hon. c. 22.1.2011 Faculty of Earth Sciences Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir dr. phil. hon. c. 1.12.2010 Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies Matthías Johannessen dr. phil. hon. c. 1.12.2010 Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies Thor Vilhjálmsson dr. phil. hon. c. 1.12.2010 Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies Sigfús J. Johnsen dr. scient. hon. c. 28.8.2010 Faculty of Earth Sciences Hans-Olov Adami dr. med. hon. c. 16.6.2010 Faculty of Medicine Vigdís Finnbogadóttir dr. phil. hon. c. 15.4.2010 Faculty of Foreign Languages, Literature and Linguistics Honorary degree recipients 2000-2009 Joan Maling dr. phil. hon. c. 1.12.2009 Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies Ólafía Einarsdóttir dr. phil. hon. c. 29.11.2009 Faculty of History and Philosophy Hörður Sigurgestsson dr. mercatoriae hon. c. 14.11.2008 Faculty of Business Administration Steen Lund-Thomsen dr. mercatoriae hon. c. 14.11.2008 Faculty of Business Administration Þórir Einarsson dr. mercatoriae hon. c. 14.11.2008 Faculty of Business Administration Jónatan Þórmundsson dr. jur. hon. c. 25.10.2008 Faculty of Law Sigurður Líndal dr. jur. hon. c. 25.10.2008 Faculty of Law Søren Langvad dr. techn. hon. c. 25.10.2008 Faculty of Engineering Donna Shalala dr. oecon. hon. c. 11.6.2008 Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Assar Lindbeck dr. oecon. hon. c. 21.10.2006 Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Kristján Sæmundsson dr. scient. hon. c. 21.10.2006 Faculty of Physical Sciences Robert A. Mundell dr. oecon. hon. c. 21.10.2006 Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Michael E. Porter dr. oecon. hon. c. 2.10.2006 Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Sir David Frederick Attenborough dr. scient. hon. c. 24.6.2006 Faculty of Physical Sciences Gunnar Hoppe dr. scient. hon. c. 9.12.2004 Faculty of Physical Sciences Edmund S. Phelps dr. oecon. hon. c. 23.10.2004 Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Richard N. Ringler dr. phil. hon. c. 23.10.2004 Faculty of Philosophy Ingrid Ulrika Olsson dr. scient. hon. c. 25.10.2003 Faculty of Physical Sciences Árni Vilhjálmsson dr. oecon. hon. c. 5.10.2001 Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Gísli H. Guðjónsson dr. med. hon. c. 5.10.2001 Faculty of Medicine Jonna Louis-Jensen dr. phil. hon. c. 5.10.2001 Faculty of Philosophy Karl Tryggvason dr. med. hon. c. 5.10.2001 Faculty of Medicine Pétur M. Jónasson dr. scient. hon. c. 5.10.2001 Faculty of Physical Sciences Preben Meulengracht Sørensen dr. phil. hon. c. 5.10.2001 Faculty of Philosophy Auður Eir Vilhjálmsdóttir dr. theol. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Theology Baldur Stefánsson dr. scient. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Physical Sciences Bergþór Jóhannsson dr. scient. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Physical Sciences Bjarni Tryggvason dr. techn. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Engineering Daniel J. Simundson dr. theol. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Theology Elsa E. Guðjónsson dr. phil. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Philosophy Guðmundur E. Sigvaldason dr. scient. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Physical Sciences Jón Sveinbjörnsson dr. theol. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Theology Karl Sigurbjörnsson dr. theol. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Theology Michael Fell dr. theol. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Theology Stefán Karlsson dr. phil. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Philosophy Vigdís Finnbogadóttir dr. techn. hon. c. 8.9.2000 Faculty of Engineering Honorary degree recipients 1990-1999 Ólafur Ólafsson dr. med. hon. c. 5.9.1998 Faculty of Medicine Þórir Helgason dr. med. hon. c. 5.9.1998 Faculty of Medicine Duncan Forrester dr. theol. hon. c. 25.10.1997 Faculty of Theology Leif Grane dr. theol. hon. c. 25.10.1997 Faculty of Theology Þórður Tómasson dr. phil. hon. c. 17.6.1997 Faculty of Philosophy Lars Huldén dr. phil. hon. c. 17.6.1996 Faculty of Philosophy Guðmundur Arnlaugsson dr. scient. hon. c. 17.6.1995 Faculty of Physical Sciences Loftur Þorsteinsson dr. scient. hon. c. 17.6.1995 Faculty of Physical Sciences Wolfgang Edelstein dr. scient. rer. soc. hon. c. 17.6.1995 Faculty of Social Sciences Hafsteinn Guðmundsson dr. scient. rer. soc. hon. c. 25.6.1994 Faculty of Social Sciences Hans Martin Lipp dr. techn. hon. c. 25.6.1994 Faculty of Engineering Per Bruun dr. techn. hon. c. 25.6.1994 Faculty of Engineering Sigurjón Guðjónsson dr. theol. hon. c. 25.6.1994 Faculty of Theology Þórir Kr. Þórðarson dr. theol. hon. c. 25.6.1994 Faculty of Theology Ármann Snævarr dr. jur. hon. c. 26.6.1993 Faculty of Law Hans G. Andersen dr. jur. hon. c. 26.6.1993 Faculty of Law H. Winding Pedersen dr. oecon. hon. c. 28.10.1991 Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Einar B. Pálsson dr. techn. hon. c. 29.6.1991 Faculty of Engineering Hörður Ágústsson dr. phil. hon. c. 29.6.1991 Faculty of Philosophy Ingólfur Davíðsson dr. scient. hon. c. 29.6.1991 Faculty of Physical Sciences Páll S. Árdal dr. phil. hon. c. 29.6.1991 Faculty of Philosophy Francesco Cossiga dr. jur. hon. c. 4.5.1991 Faculty of Law Honorary degree recipients 1980-1989 Jóhannes Nordal dr. oecon. hon. c. 24.6.1989 Faculty of Business Administration and Economics George P. L. Walker dr. scient. hon. c. 22.10.1988 Faculty of Physical Sciences Gunnar Böðvarsson dr. scient. hon. c. 25.6.1988 Faculty of Physical Sciences Jóhannes Nordal dr. scient. rer. soc. hon. c. 25.6.1988 Faculty of Social Sciences Jónas Haralz dr. oecon. hon. c. 25.6.1988 Faculty of Business Administration Leifur Ásgeirsson dr. scient. hon. c. 25.6.1988 Faculty of Physical Sciences Jón Sigtryggsson dr. odont. hon. c. 27.6.1987 Faculty of Odontology Hermann Pálsson dr. phil. hon. c. 28.2.1987 Faculty of Philosophy Oscar Bandle dr. phil. hon. c. 28.2.1987 Faculty of Philosophy Peter Foote dr. phil. hon. c. 28.2.1987 Faculty of Philosophy Theodore Andersson dr. phil. hon. c. 28.2.1987 Faculty of Philosophy Anna Sigurðardóttir dr. phil. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Philosophy Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon dr. phil. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Philosophy Benedikt Tómasson dr. med. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Medicine Bjarni Jónsson dr. scient. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Physical Sciences Bruno Kress dr. phil. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Philosophy Christian H. Gudnason dr. techn. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Engineering Eugene A. Nida dr. theol. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Theology Gösta Holm dr. phil. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Philosophy Jakob Gíslason dr. techn. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Engineering Jón Steffensen dr. phil. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Philosophy Júlíus Sigurjónsson dr. med. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Medicine Konrad Zuse dr. techn. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Engineering Ludvig Holm-Olsen dr. phil. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Philosophy Margrét II Danadrottning dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Philosophy Ófeigur J. Ófeigsson dr. med. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Medicine Ólafur Björnsson dr. oecon. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Business Administration Páll Agnar Pálsson dr. med. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Medicine Sigurður Helgason dr. scient. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Physical Sciences Snorri Hjartarson dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Philosophy Þorbjörn Sigurgeirsson dr. scient. hon. c. 4.10.1986 Faculty of Physical Sciences Lúðvík Kristjánsson dr. phil. hon. c. 27.6.1981 Faculty of Philosophy Steindór Steindórsson dr. scient. hon. c. 27.6.1981 Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Haraldur Sigurðsson dr. phil. hon. c. 28.6.1980 Faculty of Philosophy Honorary degree recipients 1970-1979 Björn Magnússon dr. theol. hon. c. 25.6.1977 Faculty of Theology Ingimar Óskarsson dr. scient. hon. c. 25.6.1977 Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Jakob Benediktsson dr. phil. hon. c. 25.6.1977 Faculty of Philosophy Sigurður Pálsson dr. theol. hon. c. 25.6.1977 Faculty of Theology Valdimar J. Eylands dr. theol. hon. c. 25.6.1977 Faculty of Theology Einar Ól. Sveinsson dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 29.6.1974 Faculty of Philosophy Jón Helgason dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 29.6.1974 Faculty of Philosophy Peter Hallberg dr. phil. hon. c. 29.6.1974 Faculty of Philosophy Steingrímur Jónsson dr. techn. hon. c. 29.6.1974 Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Gunnar Gunnarsson dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 18.5.1974 Faculty of Philosophy Þórbergur Þórðarson dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 12.3.1974 Faculty of Philosophy Halldór Laxness dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 6.4.1972 Faculty of Philosophy Anders Vinding Kruse dr. jur. hon. c. 9.9.1971 Faculty of Law Günther Beitzke dr. jur. hon. c. 9.9.1971 Faculty of Law Stephan Hurwitz dr. jur. hon. c. 9.9.1971 Faculty of Law Svante Bergström dr. jur. hon. c. 9.9.1971 Faculty of Law Einar Haugen dr. phil. hon. c. 15.7.1971 Faculty of Philosophy Gylfi Þ. Gíslason dr. oecon. hon. c. 15.7.1971 Faculty of Business Administration Lajos Ordass dr. theol. hon. c. 15.7.1971 Faculty of Theology Magnús Már Lárusson dr. theol. hon. c. 15.7.1971 Faculty of Theology Mikhail Steblin-Kaminskij dr. phil. hon. c. 15.7.1971 Faculty of Philosophy Jón Steffensen dr. med. hon. c. 13.2.1971 Faculty of Medicine Honorary degree recipients 1960-1969 Sigurður Nordal dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 14.9.1966 Faculty of Philosophy Alexander Jóhannesson dr. jur. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Law and Business Administration Anne Holtsmark dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Bjarni Benediktsson dr. jur. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Law and Business Administration Christian Matras dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Dag Strömbäck dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Earl Judson King dr. med. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Medicine Edvard Busch dr. med. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Medicine Elias Wessén dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Finnur Sigmundsson dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Gabriel Turville-Petre dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Hans Kuhn dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Henry Goddard Leach dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Knut Robberstad dr. jur. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Law and Business Administration Lárus Einarsson dr. med. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Medicine Nils Herlitz dr. jur. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Law and Business Administration Oscar A. Borum dr. jur. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Law and Business Administration P. H. T. Thorlakson dr. med. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Medicine Regin Prenter dr. theol. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Theology Richard Beck dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Séamus Ó. Duilearga dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Sigurbjörn Einarsson dr. theol. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Theology Sigurður Þórarinsson dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Stefán Einarsson dr. phil. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Philosophy Tauno Tirkkonen dr. jur. hon. c. 7.10.1961 Faculty of Law and Business Administration Honorary degree recipients 1950-1959 Vilmundur Jónsson dr. med. hon. c. 28.5.1959 Faculty of Medicine Árni Friðriksson dr. phil. hon. c. 15.10.1954 Faculty of Philosophy Ásmundur Guðmundsson dr. theol. hon. c. 2.6.1954 Faculty of Theology Haakon Shetelig dr. phil. hon. c. 11.1.1952 Faculty of Philosophy Matthías Þórðarson dr. phil. hon. c. 11.1.1952 Faculty of Philosophy Honorary degree recipients 1940-1949 Arne Möller dr. theol. hon. c. 26.10.1946 Faculty of Theology Didrik Arup Seip dr. phil. hon. c. 26.10.1946 Faculty of Philosophy Friðrik Friðriksson dr. theol. hon. c. 26.10.1946 Faculty of Theology Sir William A. Craigie dr. phil. hon. c. 26.10.1946 Faculty of Philosophy Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson dr. oecon. hon. c. 26.10.1946 Faculty of Law and Business Administration Ólafur Lárusson dr. phil. hon. c. 25.2.1945 Faculty of Philosophy Bjarni Jónsson dr. theol. hon. c. 21.10.1941 Faculty of Theology Guðmundur Hannesson dr. med. hon. c. 9.9.1941 Faculty of Medicine Frank le Sage de Fontenay dr. phil. hon. c. 24.9.1940 Faculty of Philosophy Guðjón Samúelsson dr. phil. hon. c. 17.6.1940 Faculty of Philosophy Honorary degree recipients 1930-1939 Magnus Olsen dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 28.11.1938 Faculty of Philosophy Andreas Heusler dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 17.6.1936 Faculty of Philosophy Einar Arnórsson dr. jur. hon. c. 17.6.1936 Faculty of Law Ejnar Munksgaard dr. phil. hon. c. 17.6.1936 Faculty of Philosophy Jón Helgason dr. theol. hon. c. 17.6.1936 Faculty of Theology Jón Ófeigsson dr. phil. hon. c. 17.6.1936 Faculty of Philosophy Þorkell Þorkelsson dr. phil. hon. c. 17.6.1936 Faculty of Philosophy Benedikt S. Þórarinsson dr. phil. hon. c. 1.12.1935 Faculty of Philosophy Brandur J. Brandsson dr. med. hon. c. 25.6.1930 Faculty of Medicine Guðmundur Grímsson dr. jur. hon. c. 25.6.1930 Faculty of Law Halldór Hermannsson dr. phil. hon. c. 25.6.1930 Faculty of Philosophy Hjörtur Thordarson dr. phil. hon. c. 25.6.1930 Faculty of Philosophy Joseph Þórarinn Thorson dr. jur. hon. c. 25.6.1930 Faculty of Law Rögnvaldur Pétursson dr. phil. hon. c. 25.6.1930 Faculty of Philosophy Sveinbjörn Johnson dr. jur. hon. c. 25.6.1930 Faculty of Law Vilhjálmur Stefánsson dr. phil. hon. c. 25.6.1930 Faculty of Philosophy Honorary degree recipients 1920-1929 Hannes Þorsteinsson dr. phil. hon. c. 23.12.1925 Faculty of Philosophy Sigfús Blöndal dr. phil. hon. c. 2.10.1924 Faculty of Philosophy Valdimar Briem dr. theol. hon. c. 1.2.1923 Faculty of Theology Finnur Jónsson dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 17.6.1921 Faculty of Philosophy Þorvaldur Thoroddsen dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 17.6.1921 Faculty of Philosophy Matthías Jochumsson dr. theol. hon. c. 11.11.1920 Faculty of Theology Jón J. Aðils dr. phil. hon. c. 25.10.1919 Faculty of Philosophy Björn Magnússon Olsen dr. litt. Isl. hon. c. 17.6.1918 Faculty of Philosophy Honorary degree recipients at Iceland University of Education 1989-2008 The following nine persons were awarded honorary degrees at the Iceland University of Education 1989-2008 (later the School of Education at the University of Iceland): Edward Befring former Professor at the University of Oslo, appointed 2008 Þuríður J. Kristjánsdóttir psychologist and former Professor at the Iceland University of Education, appointed 2008 Jón G. Ásgeirsson composer and former Professor at the Iceland University of Education, appointed 2008 Indriði Gíslason scholar in Icelandic and former Professor at the Iceland University of Education, appointed 2008 Valborg Sigurðardóttir former principal at Fósturskóla Íslands, appointed 2001 Jónas Pálsson former Rector of the Iceland University of Education, appointed 2001 Jónas B. Jónsson, Reykjavík Municipality, appointed 2001 Dr. Matthías Jónasson former professor in Education studies at the University of Iceland, appointed 1989 Dr. Broddi Jóhannesson former principle of the Icelandic School of Education and first Rector of the Iceland University of Education, appointed 1989 facebooklinkedintwitter
