Björn Þórðarson
Björn Þórðarson | |
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13th Prime Minister of Iceland | |
In office 16 December 1942 – 21 October 1944 | |
Monarchs | Christian X (1942–1944) Regent Sveinn Björnsson (1944) |
President | Sveinn Björnsson |
Preceded by | Ólafur Thors |
Succeeded by | Ólafur Thors |
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Born | 6 February 1879 Móar, Kjalarnes, Iceland |
Died | 25 October 1963 (aged 84) Reykjavík, Iceland |
Political party | Independent |
Björn Þórðarson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpjœrtn̥ ˈθourðarsɔn̥]; 6 February 1879 – 25 October 1963) was prime minister of Iceland from 16 December 1942 to 21 October 1944, in the only government that did not rely on parliamentary support. He was prime minister when Iceland became a republic.[1] His cabinet was named the Coca-Cola rule because two of its ministers started franchises of two big American companies during the US occupation during World War II. Vilhjálmur Þór, from the Progressive Party, took on Esso, and Björn Ólafsson, later a member of the Alþingi, founded Vífilfell, the company that sells Coca-Cola in Iceland.
References
- ^ Lentz, Harris M. (1999). Encyclopedia of heads of states and governments, 1900 through 1945. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-7864-0500-8.
External links
- Biography on Alþingi
Preceded by Ólafur Thors | Prime Minister of Iceland 1942–1944 | Succeeded by |
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(1904–1918)
- Hannes Hafstein
- Björn Jónsson
- Kristján Jónsson
- Hannes Hafstein
- Sigurður Eggerz
- Einar Arnórsson
(1918–1944)
- Jón Magnússon
- Sigurður Eggerz
- Jón Magnússon
- Magnús Guðmundsson
- Jón Þorláksson
- Tryggvi Þórhallsson
- Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
- Hermann Jónasson
- Ólafur Thors
- Björn Þórðarson
(1944–present)
- Ólafur Thors
- Stefán J. Stefánsson
- Ólafur Thors
- Steingrímur Steinþórsson
- Ólafur Thors
- Hermann Jónasson
- Emil Jónsson
- Ólafur Thors
- Bjarni Benediktsson
- Jóhann Hafstein
- Ólafur Jóhannesson
- Geir Hallgrímsson
- Ólafur Jóhannesson
- Benedikt S. Gröndal
- Gunnar Thoroddsen
- Steingrímur Hermannsson
- Þorsteinn Pálsson
- Steingrímur Hermannsson
- Davíð Oddsson
- Halldór Ásgrímsson
- Geir Haarde
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
- Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
- Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
- Bjarni Benediktsson
- Katrín Jakobsdóttir
- Bjarni Benediktsson
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