Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir
National Police Commissioner
Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, the National Police Commissioner of Iceland, and her staff have personally been responsible for developing and implementing the reforms and improvements of how gender-based violence cases are processed by the Icelandic police with regards to the support and protection services provided to adult and minor victims. That includes the pilot project “Keeping the window open” at Suðurnes based on the law of prohibition of approach and expulsion from home of perpetrators of domestic violence, the pilot project “Together against violence” in Reykjavík and the establishment of Bjarkarhlíð, the first family justice center in Reykjavík. Before becoming the National Police Commissioner Sigríður Björk was the Commissioner of Reykjavík Metropolitan Police, the Commissioner of Suðurnes Police, the Deputy National Police Commissioner and the District Commissioner of Ísafjörður. She holds a cand. jur in law from the University of Iceland, Master of Law from Lund University, Sweden and Master of Public Administration from University of Iceland.