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(Redirected from Willum Thor Thorsson) Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Willum.

Willum Þór Þórsson
Willum in 2016
Minister of Health
In office
28 November 2021 – 21 December 2024
Prime MinisterKatrín Jakobsdóttir
Bjarni Benediktsson
Preceded bySvandís Svavarsdóttir
Succeeded byAlma Möller
Personal details
Born (1963-03-17) 17 March 1963 (age 61)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyProgressive
SpouseÁsa Brynjólfsdóttir
Children5, including Willum Þór and Brynjólfur
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Association football career
Position(s) Midfielder, defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1989 KR 73+ (12+)
1990–1995 Breiðablik 56+ (15+)
1996-1999 Þróttur 23 (3)
International career
1979 Iceland U17 3 (0)
Managerial career
1997–1998 Þróttur
2000–2001 Haukar
2002–2004 KR
2005–2009 Valur
2009–2011 Keflavík
2010–2011 Iceland national futsal team
2011–2012 Leiknir R.
2014 Breiðablik (assistant)
2016–2017 KR
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Willum Þór Þórsson (born 17 March 1963) is an Icelandic former football player and manager and politician. From 2021 to 2024, he served as the Icelandic Minister of Health.

From 2013 to 2016, he served on the Althing, the Icelandic parliament, for the Progressive Party, and is currently a member of parliament since 2017. He holds a Master's degree in Microeconomics from the University of Copenhagen and used to teach economics at Menntaskólinn í Kópavogi.

Playing career

Willum began his career at KR before moving on to Breiðablik and later Þróttur where he started his manager career.

He represented Iceland at youth level both in basketball and football.

Managerial career

Willum led Þróttur to Iceland's top league, the Úrvalsdeild in 1997. The wait had been long as Þróttur last played at the top level in 1985. In 2000, he became the manager of Haukar, and in 2002, he was appointed manager of KR and led them to two successive championships in 2002 and 2003. In 2004 KR finished without a title and Þórsson's contract was not renewed. He took charge of Valur who had just been promoted to the Úrvalsdeild and finished the 2005 season in 2nd place after champions FH.

Valur won the 2005 Icelandic Cup with a 1–0 victory over Fram. In 2006, Valur ended the season in 3rd place and in 2007 Willum managed Valur to their first League title in 20 years and won Manager of the Season in Landsbankadeildin. He left with mutual agreement on 1 July 2009. On 29 September 2009, after the season had finished for the year, he was appointed the new manager of Keflavík.

He is the only manager who has won every single league in Iceland (4 in total), 2nd and 3rd division with Haukar, 1st division with Þróttur and the Premier League with KR and Valur.

In November 2010, Willum was appointed as the first manager for the Icelandic futsal team.

Political career

Parliament

Willum has taken active part in politics with the Progressive Party. In the 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election he was elected to the Althing for the Southwest constituency and served until 2016, before being elected back into parliament for the same constituency in 2017.

He served as the fourth vice president of the Althing between 2019 and 2021. Furthermore, he sat on the Economic Affairs and Trade Committee between 2013 and 2016 and again between 2020 and 2021, concurrently with the Constitutional and Supervisory Committee during the former term. He also sat on the Judicial Affairs and Education Committee in 2013 and again between 2017 and 2019. He also led the Budget Committee between 2017 and 2021.

Personal life

Willum married to Ása Brynjólfsdóttir, with whom he has five children, which includes Willum Þór Willumsson, an Icelandic international footballer, as well Brynjólfur Andersen Willumsson, an Icelandic youth international footballer.

References

  1. "Willum Þór Þórsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Alþingi. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. Willum ráðinn landsliðsþjálfari Íslands í Futsal
  3. ^ "Willum Þór Þórsson". Alþingi. 20 November 2019.
  4. "Willum: Geri mér grein fyrir því að 4. sætið er ekki ásættanlegt". fotbolti.net. 14 September 2017.
  5. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. "Willum Þór og Brynjólfur Darri Willumssynir í U-21 árs landsliðinu - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

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Political offices
Preceded bySvandís Svavarsdóttir Minister of Health
2021–2024 		Succeeded byAlma Möller
Willum Þór Þórsson managerial positions
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