Elín Guðrún Jónasdóttir was born in Seattle, Washington on August 15, 1914.
Spouse: March 31, 1941 Hannes Kjartansson b. in Reykjavík on February 27, 1917.
Children: 1. Kjartan Jónas b. June 11, 1942 2. Stefanía Margrét b. November 18, 1944 3. Anna Elín b. January 16, 1948.
Elín was the daughter of Reverend Jónas Ari Sigurðsson and Stefanía Ólafsdóttir. She lived with them in Washington until 1918, in the Þingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan until 1927, and in Selkirk, Manitoba. She graduated from Winnipeg with a degree in commerce and teaching and taught for a time in Manitoba. She worked at the Icelandic pavilion at the world exhibition in New York 1939-1940 and there she met Hannes. He graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1937, studied engineering in Germany 1937-1939 and business studies at the University of Iceland 1939-1940. He founded and headed the General American and Dominion Export Corporation. He was Iceland’s Consul in New York from 1948, Iceland’s representative to the UN General Assembly, and Iceland’s Ambassador to the United Nations from 1965.