Eimskip

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Eimskipafélag Íslands was founded in 1914 with the issuance of <a href="/facts/Public_shares/Tu13xJbS">public shares</a> to around 14,000 people, about 15% of the Icelandic population at the time. The first chairman of the board was <a href="/facts/Sveinn_Bj%C3%B6rnsson/uhINIwEw">Sveinn Björnsson</a>, who later became the first <a href="/facts/President_of_Iceland/77CLF6Ys">president of Iceland</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
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<h2 id="executives">Executives</h2>
<ul><li>Vilhelm Már Þorsteinsson, Eimskip CEO</li>
<li>Rósa Guðmundsdóttir, Eimskip CFO / Finance</li>
<li>Hilmar Pétur Valgarðsson, Eimskip COO / Operations</li>
<li>Hilmar Karlsson, Eimskip CIO / IT</li>
<li>Edda Rut Björnsdóttir, Eimskip Executive Vice President / Human Resources and Communication</li>
<li>Bragi Þór Marinósson, Eimskip Executive Vice President / International Operations</li>
<li>Björn Einarsson, Eimskip Vice President / Sales and Business Management</li>
<li>Jónína Guðný Magnúsdóttir, Eimskip Executive Vice President / Iceland Domestic Operations and Services</li>
<li>Davíð Ingi Jónsson, Eimskip General Counsel and Compliance Officer<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="board-of-directors">Board of directors</h2>
<ul><li>Óskar Magnússon, <a href="/facts/Chairman_of_the_board/RS6EemFF">Chairman of the board</a></li>
<li>Margrét Guðmundsdóttir, Vice-Chairman of the Board</li>
<li>Guðrún Ó. Blöndal, Board Member</li>
<li>Lárus Blöndal, Board Member</li>
<li>Ólöf Hildur Pálsdóttir, Board member<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="footnotes">Footnotes</h2>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.eimskip.com/about-eimskip/our-history/">Company history</a> – Eimskip.com</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.eimskip.com/">Eimskipafélag Íslands</a>, official website</li></ul>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>hf. stands for hlutafélag (lit. 'shares partnership', cf. limited liability company). <a href="/wiki/Limited_liability_company" target="_blank">/wiki/Limited_liability_company</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Consolidated financial statement 2020" (PDF). <a href="https://questor-reports.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/EIM-Y-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://questor-reports.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/EIM-Y-2020.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Magnússon, Guðmundur. Eimskipafélag Íslands í 100 ár. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Consolidated financial statement 2020" (PDF). <a href="https://questor-reports.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/EIM-Y-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://questor-reports.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/EIM-Y-2020.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Eimskip and Royal Arctic Line co-operation commences in June". May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. <a href="https://www.eimskip.com/about-eimskip/news/general-news/eimskip-and-royal-arctic-line-co-operation-commences-in-june/" target="_blank">https://www.eimskip.com/about-eimskip/news/general-news/eimskip-and-royal-arctic-line-co-operation-commences-in-june/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Eimskip stærst sinnar tegundar í heiminum" (PDF). Markaðurinn. 30 May 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-10-28. <a href="https://www.visir.is/paper/mark/M070530.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.visir.is/paper/mark/M070530.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Magnússon, Guðmundur. Eimskipafélag Íslands í 100 ár. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"Board of Directors". eimskip.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-17. <a href="https://www.eimskip.com/investors/corporate-governance/#board-of-directors" target="_blank">https://www.eimskip.com/investors/corporate-governance/#board-of-directors</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>"Board of Directors". eimskip.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-17. <a href="https://www.eimskip.com/investors/corporate-governance/#board-of-directors" target="_blank">https://www.eimskip.com/investors/corporate-governance/#board-of-directors</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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