Guðmundur Gunnarsson is an Iceland

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ic electrician and union leader. The father of the singer Björk

Björk

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 (Björk Guðmundsdóttir), he is a nationally known figure in his own right as the leader of the Icelandic Electricians' Union, Rafiðnaðarsamband Íslands (RSÍ).

Guðmundur's parents were Gunnar Guðmundsson and Hallfríður Guðmundsdóttir. He qualified as a journeyman electrician in 1966. He graduated from the Technical College of Iceland in 1969. Gunnarsson has been head of the electricians union since 1993.

He was a municipal representative of the Sjálfstæðisflokksins í Reykjavík (Independence Party

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) in Reykjavík

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from 1994 to 1998 and Chairman of the Nordic Federation of Electricians' Unions from 1994 to 1996 and from 2004 to 2006.

Guðmundur has written numerous textbooks for electricians.