Þórólfur Guðnason


Þórólfur Guðnason is an Icelandic doctor and the Chief Epidemiologist of the Icelandic Directorate of Health since 2015. He has been one of the lead members of the Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland, along with Alma Möller and Víðir Reynisson.

Early life and education

Þórólfur grew up in Eskifjörður and later in Vestmannaeyjar where he lived until the age of 19.
He specialized in pediatrics and pediatric infectious disase. In 2013 he defended his doctoral thesis on the epidemiology of pneumococcal infections in young Icelandic children.