Audrey was hired by Lillian Vilborg MacPherson and Catherine McConnell twenty-two years ago. Every day is like a historical journey, and it is a privilege to get to know and work with so many wonderful people. I’m not Icelandic, but she has Scandinavian roots. She and her two brothers were brought up in Minnesota by a father of Norwegian descent and a mother with French Swiss and some English heritage. Her paternal grandparents came from Tinn kommune, Telemark fylke, Norway, while her maternal grandparents were born in Orvin, Bern, Switzerland.
Audrey works part time at the Lögberg-Heimskringla offices on Marion Street. As business administrator, her job encompasses a wide variety of tasks. She attributes Dr. Ken Thorlakson who chaired the Future Fund Capital Campaign launched in 2005 with having mentored her to achieve and deliver the best possible success for the paper. The Campaign allowed the team to introduce new ideas to assist in bringing the newspaper into the future but by maintaining the traditions.
As a staff member, she has participated in the many Lögberg-Heimskringla fundraising events including Ljósanótt, Beer Night, the Icelandic Open Golf Tournament.

Stefan Jonasson has been Editor of Lögberg-Heimskringla since 2015. Like two previous editors of Heimskringla, he is an ordained Unitarian minister and he worked for the Boston-based Unitarian Universalist Association for 24 years, serving successively as District Executive for Western Canada, Director for Large Congregations, and Director of Growth Strategies. He is currently minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg and the Gimli Unitarian Church and previously served the Arborg Unitarian Church, all congregations with Icelandic roots.

Active in the community, Stefan served on the Board of Regents of the University of Winnipeg for nine years, including three as Chair. He was President of the Icelandic National League of North America, President of the University of Winnipeg Alumni Association, and President of Friends of Religious Humanism. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the St. James Scholarship Foundation.

A three-time graduate of the University of Winnipeg, he won the Governor General’s Gold Medal for academic excellence. He is a recipient of the Betty Gorshe Heritage Award for his work in Unitarian Universalist history and the Joan Inga Eyolfson Cadham Award for his contributions to Icelandic literature and culture. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and was awarded the Knight’s Cross in the Icelandic Order of the Falcon.

Stefan and his wife, Cindy Nagamori Jonasson, have two adult daughters and one grandson. They divide their time between Winnipeg and their country home at Arnes. Stefan enjoys reading, music, genealogy, and travel.

Bergdís Sigurðardóttir (Dísa) is an Icelandic graphic designer based in London, ON. She moved from Iceland to Winnipeg, with her family in 2011 but relocated to London in 2017.

Disa has 30 years of professional experience in design and publishing. She has designed magazines, newspapers, books and created visual identity for numerous clients over the years. She is a proud mother of three, two boys and one girl and lives an active lifestyle, enjoying running and hiking. Her and her husband Arnar Jóhannsson, who is a builder, like collaborating on home renovations, having renovated numerous houses together both in Iceland and Canada. Publishing is her passion so she is both thrilled and honoured to have the opportunity to work for such a distinguished newspaper as Lögberg-Heimskringla. Disa has a Masters of Science in Communication Design from Pratt Institute in New York and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The University of Iceland. She is happy to be a part of the team.