Landsvirkjun chair refuses to hand over emails

The chair of Landsvirkjun’s board has refused to give Morgunblaðið email correspondence with the company’s former CEO, Hörður Arnarson, that could clarify whether she gave him incorrect information about a meeting with a minister that never took place, mbl.is reports.

Hörður and board chair Brynja Baldursdóttir were due to meet Finance Minister Daði Már Kristófersson in January. Hörður wanted to explain his concerns about changes to communication between the company and ministers, and the serious consequences he believed they could have for Landsvirkjun.

In an email to the minister last October, Hörður wrote that Brynja had told him in December 2025 that the minister wanted to change the planned meeting so that Hörður would not attend and the minister would meet with the board instead.

Brynja gave a different account in a written response to Morgunblaðið. She said she had informed the board and CEO in December of the minister’s request to postpone the meeting with Hörður. She has also previously said the board decided not to pursue a meeting with him because it considered one unnecessary.

The finance minister has said there will be consequences if it emerges that Brynja gave Hörður false information, but that the matter should be allowed to run its course. With the correspondence still confidential, it is impossible to establish which account is correct.