Job title: General manager
Email: bjorg@sgs.is
Phone: 562 6410
Mobile: 899 2331
Björg oversees the SGS office and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the federation. She implements the decisions of congresses, chairmen’s meetings, and the executive board, holds general procuration rights, and manages the federation’s finances in consultation with the president and the executive board. She handles communication with the media, international sister organizations, and the federation’s member unions, and is also responsible for preparing collective bargaining negotiations and issuing collective agreements and wage tables.
Björg holds a master’s degree in Information Science, teaching qualifications at both the primary and upper-secondary levels, and a postgraduate diploma in public administration. She has previously worked at Fjölbrautarskóla Vesturlands, the Akranes Labour Union and VIRK Vocational Rehabilitation Fund. She has also held various social and trustee positions.
Job title: Project manager
Email: arinbjorn@sgs.is
Phone: 562 6410
Mobile: 847 1551
Arinbjörn provides advice and services to SGS member unions in the areas of labour relations, labour market affairs, and vocational education, and handles a wide range of tasks on behalf of the federation.
Arinbjörn holds a law degree (cand.jur.) from Reykjavík University and has in recent years worked independently as a lawyer as well as a business journalist at Morgunblaðið. Prior he worked in various labour jobs, most notably as a deckhand on a freezer trawler. He has also held various social and trustee positions.
Job title: Chairman
Email: vilhjalmur@vlfa.is
Phone: 430 9902
Mobile: 865 1294
Vilhjálmur Birgisson was elected Chairman of the Federation of General and Special Workers in Iceland (SGS) at the federation’s congress in March 2022 and re-elected in October 2023 and October 2025. He has served as Chairman of the Akranes Labour Union since 2003 and has held numerous social and trustee positions on behalf of the union, as well as for SGS and ASÍ.
Vilhjálmur works part-time for SGS in his role as President of the federation.