List of heads of state of Iceland
This is a list of the heads of state of Iceland, from the foundation of the Kingdom of Iceland in 1918 to the present day.
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From 1918 to 1944 the head of state under the Danish–Icelandic Act of Union was the Monarch, who was the same person as the Monarch of Denmark. Iceland became a republic under the Constitution of 1944 and the monarch was replaced by a ceremonial President.
Monarchs (1918–1944)
The succession to the throne of Iceland was the same as the succession to the throne of the Denmark.
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King Christian X (1870–1947) |
1 December 1918 | 17 June 1944 | 25 years, 199 days | House of Glücksburg | Jón Magnússon Sigurður Eggerz Jón Magnússon Magnús Guðmundsson (acting) Jón Þorláksson Tryggvi Þórhallsson Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Hermann Jónasson Ólafur Thors Björn Þórðarson |
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