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Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir: The Bishop who is spring cleaning the church

Bishop Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir has been sitting in her office in Laugavegur in Reykjavik city centre preparing the Sunday’s sermon in peace and quiet. Now she is sat facing me, answering my questions quietly and to the point. The first question goes straight to the point; what is it like being a bishop?
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Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir

Born in Ísafjörður in western Iceland on 19 October 1954. Graduated from the faculty of theology at the University of Iceland in 1981.  Has studied theology in Uppsala and in Iceland. She has also studied music and singing. 

Agnes worked as a priest and provost in Iceland until 2012. She was elected Bishop of Iceland in 2012. She is the first woman to become a bishop in Iceland.

Agnes is separated. She has three children and one grandchild. She has been active in Iceland’s music life, playing the piano, organ and singing in choirs. 

One minute interview

Which book are you currently reading?

I had just read a chapter in the Bible when you came. Apart from that, I have just read Áhrifasaga Saltarans by Gunnlaugur A. Jónsson which has just been published. It is about The Book of Psalms in the past and now. Before that I read Vonarlandið by Kristín Steinsdóttir. It is about young women who moved to Reykjavik for more than 100 years ago and worked as cleaning ladies.

What is your favourite tool at work?

The computer, I can’t manage without it.  

As a child, what did you want to become when you grew up? 

When I was very little I wanted to be a librarian or work in a shop. When I was 17 I decided to become a priest. That never changed. And here I am. 

What is your hidden talent? 

I don’t know what to say. You have to ask my children, I can’t think of anything.

 
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