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Jens Garðar Helgason (born 15 December 1976) is an Icelandic politician. He is a member of the Icelandic Parliament for the Independence Party after leading list in the Northeast constituency for the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election.

Jens was born and raised in Eskifjörður. He was a student at Akureyri Junior College, studied business administration at the University of Iceland and holds an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics. Jens was chairman of the Fjarðabyggð municipal council from 2010 to 2018, he was chairman of the Association of Icelandic Fisheries Companies [is] from 2014-2020 and vice chairman of the Confederation of Icelandic Employers [is] from 2017-2020. Jens ran for the first place for the Independence Party for the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election and performed better than the incumbent leader of the party in the constituency, Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson, when ranked first on the candidate list at the constituency assembly on 20 October 2024.

References

1. "Jens Garðar Helgason". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-01-05.
2. "Jens Garðar býður sig fram í oddvitasæti". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-01-05.
3. "Landsvirkjun | Board of Directors". www.landsvirkjun.com. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
4. "Jens Garðar sigraði sitjandi þingmann". RÚV. 2024-10-20.

See also

• List of members of the Althing, 2024–2028

• 1976 births
• Living people
• People from Eskifjörður
• University of Iceland alumni
• Norwegian School of Economics alumni
• Independence Party (Iceland) politicians
• Members of the Althing 2024–2028