Her mother, Sigríður Eiríksdóttir, was a nurse and the chairperson of the Icelandic Nurses Association.
Η μητέρα της, Sigríður Eiríksdóttir, ήταν νοσοκόμα και πρόεδρος της ισλανδικής Ένωσης Νοσηλευτών.