The website Fullveldi.is is owned by Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson, historian and MA in international relations, and covers mainly foreign and international affairs. Fullveldi is sovereignty in Icelandic.
Hjörtur worked as a journalist for the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið and its online sister publication mbl.is for a decade (2010-2020), covering mainly politics and international issues. Hjörtur has also worked as a communication and public relations specialist and furthermore been an advisor to politicians, including MPs and government ministers both in Iceland and other countries, on foreign and international issues. Moreover, he has written several papers for various think tanks on foreign and international affairs.
For more information, contact Hjörtur here.
Below is a selection of papers and articles written by Hjörtur in English:
Papers
The EEA is not the way: Why Britain should refrain from membership of the European Economic Area and similar arrangements after Brexit (2017) – Read more
Fishing for freedom: Lessons for Britain from Iceland’s fisheries experience (2017) – Read more
Articles
There is a good reason countries are not lining up to seek an EEA-style deal from the EU – Brexit Central (2019) – Read more
The UK should carefully consider what is worth sacrificing for a trade deal with a declining market – Brexit Central (2017) – Read more
Time for new relations between EFTA and the EU (2017) – Euobserver – Read more
Obama’s wrong about Leif Erikson – Washington Examiner (2015) – Read more
Iceland and the US, old allies, should strengthen their ties – Anchorage Daly News (2014) – Read more