Sjálfstætt Fólk

Independent People, is a television interview series hosted by Jón Ársæll Þórðarson, journalist and psychologist. The program has been aired on the TV channel Stöð 2 in Iceland since autumn 2001. It has been nominated eight times to the Edda Awards: in 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011, and it received the awards in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Independent People is produced by Steingrímur Jón Þórðarson and Sky Productions and is aired weekly early Sunday nights on Stöð 2 / Channel 2, from September until May. Jón Ársæll interviews people of all ages. His youngest was 15-year-old singer Yohanna and the oldest interviewees have been in their nineties. All the guests have a story to tell. Normally, but not always, they are also well known in Iceland.