Edda Garðarsdóttir

Edda Garðarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer

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Born: July 15, 1979
Age in 2026: 47
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1979

About Edda Garðarsdóttir

Edda Garðarsdóttir is an Icelandic football coach and former player who last managed Úrvalsdeild club KR. Since her debut in 1997 she has accrued over 100 caps for Iceland's national team and competed at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 finals in Finland. Edda Garðarsdóttir (born 15 July 1979) is an Icelandic football coach and former player who last managed Úrvalsdeild club KR. After a spell in Denmark with Vorup FB, Edda enrolled at the University of Richmond and played college soccer for the Richmond Spiders. From 2009 until 2012 Edda, a box-to-box midfielder, played club football in Sweden for KIF Örebro DFF.

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Edda Garðarsdóttir timeline

1979Edda Garðarsdóttir (born 15 July 1979) is an Icelandic football coach and former player who last managed Úrvalsdeild club KR.
1997Since her debut in 1997 she has accrued over 100 caps for Iceland's national team and competed at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 finals in Finland.
2009From 2009 until 2012 Edda, a box-to-box midfielder, played club football in Sweden for KIF Örebro DFF.

The world when Edda Garðarsdóttir was born

Edda Garðarsdóttir was born in 1979. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1979

#1 song"My Sharona" – The Knack
Top movieKramer vs. Kramer
Top TV showLaverne & Shirley
Best-selling bookThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

Headlines and milestones

Major sports moment"Miracle on Ice" (1980 — actually)
Top headlineIran hostage crisis begins
Technology milestoneSony Walkman released — portable music goes mainstream
Defining fadSony Walkman — portable music revolution
Notable inventionSony Walkman
World population4.38 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderJimmy Carter
Sports championPittsburgh Pirates (World Series)
Also wonSeattle SuperSonics (NBA)
U.S. population225.1M

1979 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Edda Garðarsdóttir's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1979	2026
Gas	$0.86	$3.45/gal
Average home	$62,900	$435,000
Average income	$19,554	$67,500
Minimum wage	$2.90	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$2.51	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.15	$0.73
Population	225.1M	341 million

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