Sigurjón Kjartansson is an Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic comedian

Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

, writer and producer. He is best known for his role in the radio duo Tvíhöfði

Tvíhöfði

Tvíhöfði is an Icelandic comedy duo of Jón Gnarr and Sigurjón Kjartansson. They had a morning radio show on Aðalstöðin, X-ið & Radíó X for several years in the 1990s and early-2000s. They were also members of the Icelandic sketch comedy programme Fóstbræður in the late-1990s....

 with Jón Gnarr

Jón Gnarr

Jón Gnarr Kristinsson is an Icelandic actor, comedian, politician and the mayor of Reykjavík, since 15 June 2010. He goes by Jón Gnarr, being an Icelander does not have a family name. He was originally named Jón Gunnar Kristinsson but legally changed his middle name in 2005, to the way his mother...

 and for his part in the popular Icelandic television sketch comedy Fóstbræður

Fóstbræður

Fóstbræður was a comedy sketch show which premiered on the Icelandic Stöð 2 in October 1997.-Writing:The show was written by the stars themselves, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Jón Gnarr, Helga Braga Jónsdóttir, Þorsteinn Guðmundsson , Benedikt Erlingsson , Gunnar Jónsson and Hilmir Snær Guðnason...

. He has since written many Icelandic TV shows, including Svínasúpan (2004), Stelpurnar (2005 to the present) and the drama series Pressa (2007). In the years 1988 to 1994, before becoming a comedian, he was active in the Icelandic music scene as vocalist and lead guitarist in the metal band HAM

HAM (band)

HAM is an Icelandic rock band which was active in the years 1988 to 1994. They are often listed as a heavy metal band but have never categorized themselves as such. They did not attain significant popularity while active, but have gradually come to be acknowledged as an important part of...

. In 1992 he wrote the score for the Icelandic cult film Sódóma Reykjavík

Sódóma Reykjavík

Remote Control is an Icelandic film from 1992 directed by Óskar Jónasson. The plot is a farce, revolving around the young car mechanic Axel and his adventure in the Reykjavík underworld which starts when his mother insists that he must recover the remote control to her TV...

. He also released two solo albums under the name 'Olympia' in 1994 and 1995.