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Laufey Valdimarsdóttir (1 March 1890 – 9 December 1945) was an Icelandic women's rights activist and lawyer.

Laufey completed her matriculation degree from Reykjavik High School, first female in 1910, with a first grade. She became chairman of the Women's Association in 1927 and the first chairman of the Maternity Strengthening Committee in 1928.

She was the daughter of women's rights activist Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir and the liberal editor Valdimar Ásmundsson.

References

1. Viking Society for Northern Research. Saga Book of the Viking Society for Northern Research, Volume 19, Issue 1. Viking Society for Northern Research., 1974.
2. "Laufey Valdimarsdóttir látin". 1945.

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