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.