Ingibjörg Þorbergs

Ingibjörg's parents were the married couple Kristjana Sigurbergsdóttir, a housewife, and Þorbergur Skúlason, a shoemaker in Reykjavík. Ingibjörg's brother is Skúli Ólafur Þorbergsson, born April 3, 1930, married to Guðrún Stefanía Björnsdóttir.

Ingibjörg married pianist Guðmundur Jónsson on August 12, 1976, born November 13, 1929, died November 11, 2010. Guðmundur's children from a previous marriage are Auður Eir, Guðmundur Kristinn, Helga Kristín and Þórdís. They have 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Ingibjörg completed her studies at the Music School in Reykjavík with clarinet as her main subject in 1952, while also studying music theory, piano and music history. She completed her music teacher's degree from KÍ in 1957 and made a study trip to the United States at the invitation of George Washington University in 1956, where she sang with orchestras among other things. She studied at the Dante Alighieri School in Rome in 1962 and attended various music and language courses organized by domestic and foreign institutions.

Ingibjörg began working at RÚV in 1946 and worked there until 1985 in various positions. Her first job was in the collection department, and she became a program editor in the music department in 1949. Her tasks included directing the program Óskalög sjúklinga, assisting as a presenter, managing children's programming, overseeing interview and music programs as well as other program editing. Ingibjörg was deputy program director and program director of RÚV from 1981 to 1985. In addition to her work for RÚV, Ingibjörg was a part-time teacher at, among others, Miðbær and Breiðagerði schools from 1957 to 1958. Ingibjörg also worked in journalism and was responsible for music criticism for Tíminn and Vísir as well as writing for the children's magazine Æskan.

Ingibjörg composed songs, daily songs and children's songs, among others for the National Theatre and for primary school teaching in the Nordic countries, sang on numerous records and composed seven plays for children and young people that were performed on radio in Iceland and Sweden.

Ingibjörg received honorary awards from the Icelandic Music Awards in 2003, was elected honorary member of FTT in 1996 and was awarded the Knight's Cross in 2008 for her contribution to Icelandic music.