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Davíð Oddsson
Davíð Oddsson was an Icelandic politician, and the longest-serving prime minister of Iceland, in office from 1991 to 2004. From 2004 to 2005, he served as foreign minister and as the chairman for the Independence Party from 1991 to 2005. Previously, he was Mayor of Reykjavík from 1982 to 1991, and chaired the board of governors of the Central Bank of Iceland from 2005 to 2009. The 2008–2011 Icelan…
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Born 17 January 1948 · Died 1 March 2026 · Q298030
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2026· 1 entry
2018· 1 entry
Davíð said that he was an open supporter of the then-president of the United States, Donald Trump
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2016· 1 entry
Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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2009· 1 entry
Davíð was part of an unused sketch for the Áramótaskaupið where he played Örn Árnason playing himself
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
84 percent of responders declared their opposition to Iceland being on the list of the Coalition of the Willing
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2004· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister for Foreign Affairs (2004–2005).
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Davíð's government became embroiled in controversy, when he introduced a bill which would have made it impossible for large private companies to own more than 15% of any one media company, and under which newspapers and
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2003· 1 entry
Led the liberalization of the banking laws in Iceland allowing less transparency which brought a huge amount of foreign money and high interest rates
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2002· 1 entry
Davíð published another collection of short stories, Stolið frá höfundi stafrófsins, which was also well received
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1997· 1 entry
Published a collection of short stories, Nokkrir góðir dagar án Guðnýjar, which became a best-seller in Iceland
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1996· 1 entry
Not least because of the close cooperation between Davíð and Friðrik Sophusson, the Minister of Finance, who had also been a prominent young libertarian
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1994· 2 entries
The Social Democratic Party split, and as a result they suffered a huge loss in the 1995 parliamentary elections
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Career landmark: Minister of Statistics of Iceland (1994–2005).
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1991· 4 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (1991).
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Awarded Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (1991).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Iceland (1991–2004).
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The party regained most of the parliamentary support it had lost in 1987
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1990· 1 entry
The unions and the employers had signed a "National Accord", whereby wage increases would be moderate, and government would be assisted in bringing down inflation
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1988· 1 entry
After falling out with the leaders of his two coalition parties, there was a widespread feeling in the party that its leadership should be changed, and pressure was put on Davíð to run against Þorsteinn, which he did in
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1983· 1 entry
Davíð Oddsson's old friend and ally, Þorsteinn Pálsson, was elected leader of the Independence Party, and in 1989 Davíð was elected deputy leader or Vice-Chairman of the party
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1982· 2 entries
Career landmark: Mayor of Reykjavík (1982–1991).
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The Independence Party, under his leadership, regained the majority in the Reykjavík Municipal Council which it had lost four years earlier to three left-wing parties
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1948· 1 entry
Born 1948-01-17.
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