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Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson

1894 - 1980

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Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (20 July 1894 – 20 October 1980) was the first actual minister of Foreign Affairs in Iceland from 18 November 1941 to 17 January 1942. He was prime minister of Iceland from 4 February 1947 to 6 December 1949. He was first elected to the Althing in 1934 but did not get reelected in 1937. From 1942 to 1953, he regained his seat in the Althing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson is the 15,723rd most popular politician (down from 15,365th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Iceland (down from 71st in 2019) and the 30th most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson ranks 15,723 out of 19,576Before him are Andreas Michalakopoulos, Said Mohamed Jaffar, Věra Jourová, Gayatri Devi, Peter Hardeman Burnett, and Bernard Collomb. After him are Hu Chunhua, Marie-George Buffet, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Doug Burgum, Rosa Russo Iervolino, and Stanislaw Tillich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson ranks 226Before him are Tommy Green, Raymond Schwartz, Yan Gamarnik, Mikhail Suslin, André Jousseaume, and Johannes Block. After him are Tay Garnett, Arthur Freed, Oliver Leese, Peter Warlock, Robert Benson, and Belle Moore. Among people deceased in 1980, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson ranks 248Before him are Petar Trifunović, Max Miedinger, Louis Guilloux, Luis Muñoz Marín, Erast Garin, and Alberto Soria. After him are Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Mario Mattoli, Zakaria Chihab, Ľudovít Fulla, Walter Kaufmann, and Carl Ebert.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson ranks 81 out of 190Before him are Hermann Jónasson (1896), Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893), Hera Björk (1972), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876), and Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940). After him are Teitur Thordarson (1952), Einar Arnórsson (1880), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969), Jón Þorláksson (1877), Snorri Hjartarson (1906), and Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (1963).

Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson ranks 30Before him are Magnús Guðmundsson (1879), Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867), Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), Sigurður Eggerz (1875), Hermann Jónasson (1896), and Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893). After him are Einar Arnórsson (1880), Jón Þorláksson (1877), Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (1962), Björn Þórðarson (1879), Emil Jónsson (1902), and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (1975).