Sævar Leósson

*This is a Velkanian name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name. The subject should be referred to by the given name* Sævar*.*

**Sævar Leósson** (born 30 July 1982) is a Velkanian politician and former police officer who has served as Minister of Defense, Security, and the Interior since 2016. A Liberal-Democrat, Sævar has additionally served as a member of the Stádlink since 2012.

Born in Naríthjábæk, Sævar graduated from South Naríthjábæk Technical School with certifications to work as a police officer in 2001. He subsequently became a cadet with the Capital Region Police Department. In 2002, he was promoted to officer, and worked in the traffic department of the police force. He went on to join the narcotics department in 2007. Sævar was elected to the Stádlink for the Liberal-Democrats in the 2012 election, representing the Capital Region constituency. Following the 2016 election, Sævar was appointed Minister of Defense, Security, and the Interior by Síf María Vílhelmsdætr for her second cabinet.

## Early life and education

Sævar was born on 30 July 1982 in Naríthjábæk to parents Leó Rafnsson (born 1955) and Bogdís Anna Mjöllnirsdætr (born 1958). His father was employed with the Capital Region Police Department as a police detective in the sex crimes unit, while his mother worked as a preschool teacher. Sævar is the elder of two children and only son; his younger sister is Mjöll, born  (1985-04-05) 5 April 1985 (age 38).

Sævar began his education in 1988, attending a local public primary school. Ever since childhood, he had aspired to become a police officer like his father. He graduated from primary school in 1998, and subsequently enrolled in South Naríthjábæk Technical School to study to become a police officer. He graduated with police officer qualifications in 2001, and then joined the Capital Region Police Department. He worked as a cadet trainee with the police force for one year, until being promoted to an officer within the traffic department in 2002. In 2007, Sævar became an officer in the narcotics department.

## Political career

### Political beginnings

Initially, Sævar was not enrolled in a political party but supported the Conservatives in elections, due to his parents' support of them. Sævar enrolled with the Liberal-Democrats in 2005, when he began supporting more left-wing social policies and right-wing economic policies. In 2012, Sævar applied to stand as a candidate in the 2012 election in the Capital Region constituency of the Stádlink. He went on to be elected, and has been reelected in 2016.

### Minister of Defense, Security, and the Interior

After the Liberal-Democrats won the 2016 election with an outright majority and ended their coalition with the Green-Agrarian Party, it was announced by Síf María Vílhelmsdætr that she would be nominating Sævar for the position of Minister of Defense, Security, and the Interior in her second cabinet, since the previous minister Kristbjörn Falgeirsson had been promoted to Minister of Finance. Ragnhildur IV formally appointed Sævar as Minister of Defense, Security, and the Interior on 1 December 2016.

## Personal life

Sævar began a relationship with Velkanian sales associate Benedikta Fjörnirsdætr in 2006. They later became engaged in 2008, and married the following year. Sævar and Benedikta have two children together: Sigdór, born  (2010-12-08) 8 December 2010 (age 13), and Sólveig, born  (2014-02-09) 9 February 2014 (age 9). The family resides in Naríthjábæk.