Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (born 17 June 1948) is an Icelandic film director. He is mostly known for his series of Viking films, sometimes called "Cod Westerns". He won the award for Best Director at the 20th Guldbagge Awards for When the Raven Flies.
Gunnlaugsson is the brother of mathematician ÃÂorvaldur Gunnlaugsson and the lawyer SnædÃÂs Gunnlaugsdóttir and the actress Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir. He was married to Edda Kristjánsdóttir and they have four children: Kristján born 1968 who is a poet and playwright, Tinna who is an actress, Sól who is an art designer and ÃÂrk who is an artist and was born in 1993.