Ann and Sunniva honoured

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It has not gone unnoticed that Ann Thomsen and Sunniva Bjarnastein received the Public Health Award 2016 on Monday. This is a brand-new award that the Public Health Council will present every year from now on. The award is given for promoting public health.

A jury had to decide between those nominated for the award. The conclusion was clear: Ann and Sunniva should receive the award. Among other things, the jury said this about the winners:

Both of these women play a major role in getting people to move more. This can be seen, among other things, in the strong support among women from all over the country who come together for the annual women’s run, where Bragdið organises the run, walk, half marathon and public health run.

The Minister of Health, Sirið Stenberg, presented flowers and a cash gift

The women’s run has got many women moving. First by training up to the big Women’s Run, but many also keep on training afterwards. And some also find the courage to enter races. This has made a big difference to, for example, the TF Winter Series, where we set new participation records year after year. And this has largely been down to the many women brought up through Ann and Sunniva’s work with the Women’s Run.

The long-standing work of the two of them has also had a positive effect on Bragdið’s youth work. A large share of the money raised by the Women’s Run goes to benefit the young athletes.

At Bragdið, of course, people are also delighted for these two pioneering women, and this morning they were honoured by both men and women from the club. This was done with a fine breakfast spread up at Tórsbreyt after the day’s training.

Many Bragdið members had come to Tórsbreyt this morning to honour the two pioneering women

We at FÍF are also delighted and proud that this honour has gone to someone within our field, and we warmly congratulate you on the honour and wish you the best of luck in continuing this important work.