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ISK 8 mil­lion in schol­ar­ships

Landsbankinn awarded sixteen talented students with scholarships from the Bank’s Community Fund on 28 May. This was the 36th allocation of scholarships which amount in total to ISK 8 million. Over 450 applications were received this year.
Námsstyrkir 2025
3 June 2025

Scholarships are awarded in four categories: for secondary school, for undergraduate university study, for graduate study and for artistic study.

The panel of judges sought to select ambitious, exceptional students with an interesting future vision who are likely, in the opinion of the panel, to enrich Icelandic society in the long term. Other factors taken into consideration included research and written articles, voluntary service, participation in sports and in social activities, etc.

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Emma Dís Tómasdóttir and Tómas Pálmar Tómasson.

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Brimar Ólafsson.

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Benedikt Aron Jóhannsson.

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Brimar Ólafsson.

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Emma Dís Tómasdóttir.

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Karítas Mekkín Jónasdóttir.

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Matthildur Taustadóttir.

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Róbert Dennis Solomon.

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Runólfur Smári Steinþórsson.

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Tómas Pálmar Tómasson.

The panel of judges was comprised of Runólfur Smári Steinthórsson, Professor at the University of Iceland, Guðrún Norðfjörð, Project Manager at Aton JL, and Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir, HR Manager at Landsbankinn.

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