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2013 in Iceland

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Other events of 2013Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 2013 in Iceland.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
  • Prime Minister – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (until 23 May), Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (starting 23 May)

    • January

  • January 31 - Icelandic teenager Blaer Bjarkardottir wins a legal fight to use the name given to her by her mother, which the Icelandic Naming Committee had argued was not a proper female given name.

    • February

  • February 27 - Gæðakokkar 30% meat pie on Iceland is found to not contain any meat at all.

    • April

  • April 27 - Voters in Iceland go to the polls for a parliamentary election with a centre-right coalition expected to regain office.

    • May

  • May 22 - Prime Minister elect of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, declares that a January decision to freeze European Union membership talks will be extended indefinitely.

    • December

  • December 12 - Four former Icelandic bank bosses are jailed over concealing illegal activities within the bank Kaupthing.

    • References

    2013 in Iceland Wikipedia
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