Famous People with Name Vigdis

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir            Origin/Culture/Country: Europe

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir: was the fourth president of Iceland, serving from 1980 to 1996. She was the world's first elected female president (not including prime ministers, who are heads of government, women who held the position of chairman, or non-elected leaders). She was Iceland's first and so far only female president and head of state.

Vigdis Hårsaker            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Vigdis Hårsaker: is a Norwegian handball player, who currently plays club handball for Byåsen IL.

Vigdis Karen Giltun            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Vigdis Karen Giltun: is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 2005.

Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo: is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag during the terms 1993–1997 and 1997–2001. On the local level Belbo is the mayor of Snåsa since 2003. She was previously d

Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir: is an artist from the Faroe Islands, most famous internationally for producing a collage of 12 motives from Ormurin Langi (‘The Long Serpent’) that resulted in a series of stamps from Postverk Føroya released in 2006. Vigdis is a born artist, and started already as a child to draw, aquarelle and paint on canvas. As a child of the famous faroese painter Sigmund Petersen, she has had perfect surroundings for developing as an artist. Lately she has mainly concentrated on colorful paper collages. As collages has become her great passion, she has developed her own style and inspiration from the special light and weather on the Faroe Islands. She is a part of an artistic family, and currently her sister BIBI, niece Aggi Ásgerð Ásgeirsdóttir and niece Vígdis Petersen are renowned active artists.