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Gunnar Thoroddsen

1910 - 1983

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Gunnar Thoroddsen (pronounced [ˈkʏnːar ˈtʰouːrɔtˌsɛn]) (29 December 1910 – 25 September 1983) was the prime minister of Iceland from 1980 to 1983. Gunnar was the youngest man ever elected to the Althing, Iceland's Parliament. He was 23 years old when he was elected as Member of Parliament in 1934. He served as Iceland's ambassador in Denmark from 1965 to 1969 when he ran for the presidency of Iceland in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Thoroddsen is the 12,187th most popular politician (up from 13,035th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Iceland (up from 46th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gunnar Thoroddsen ranks 12,187 out of 19,576. Before him are Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Menestheus, Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp, Walter Hauser, Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, and Zhu Yuyue. After him are Andres Tarand, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, Brigi Rafini, Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine, Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, and John Warner.

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Among people born in 1910, Gunnar Thoroddsen ranks 180. Before him are Wilfred Thesiger, Georgios Zoitakis, T-Bone Walker, Carl A. Wirtanen, Gyula Kállai, and Jean Martinon. After him are Paulette Dubost, Ennio Flaiano, José María Guido, Edmund Leach, Olga Bergholz, and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. Among people deceased in 1983, Gunnar Thoroddsen ranks 132. Before him are Adrian Boult, Herman Kahn, Werner Egk, José Iraragorri, Gabrielle Roy, and Barbara Karinska. After him are Anthony van Hoboken, Musine Kokalari, Antonin Magne, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, and Choi Chung-min.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Gunnar Thoroddsen ranks 41 out of 190. Before him are Davíð Oddsson (1948), Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542), Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975), Gunnar Hansen (1947), Erró (1932), and Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885). After him are Ólafur Thors (1892), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978), Jón Leifs (1899), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), and Jón Ögmundsson (1052).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Gunnar Thoroddsen ranks 15. Before him are Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Bjarni Benediktsson (1970), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Geir Haarde (1951), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), and Davíð Oddsson (1948). After him are Ólafur Thors (1892), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Hannes Hafstein (1861), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), and Jóhann Hafstein (1915).

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