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Email: margret.hafsteinsdottir@umfi.is

Margrét is a lawyer and a sports teacher by training, with a Cand.jur. degree from the University of Iceland, a master’s degree in law and a licence to practise law. She has also completed a BSc in business administration.

Margrét has been active in sport from a young age, first as a participant in various sports, but mostly in handball, with both Þróttur and KR. Then came many years of coaching at Þróttur, Valur and KR. In the summer between her years of study at ÍKÍ, she took a job as sports director in Raufarhöfn with Ungmennafélagið Austri. After she stopped coaching, she took on various community roles. She started as a member of the Children and Youth Council and later joined the board of the KR football department while also chairing the women’s first-team council.

After leaving the board of the KR football department, she stood for the ÍBR board and has sat there for the past few years. In addition, she has sat on various committees and councils within the sports movement and is currently on the KSÍ Laws and Rules Committee.