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Sigurður Bjarnason (politician)
Sigurður Bjarnason (18 December 1915 – 5 January 2012) was an Icelandic politician and diplomat. He was born and grew up in Vigur in Ögur Parish in Norður-Ísafjarðarsýsla, Iceland. He was the eldest of the six children of Björg Björnsdóttir (7 July 1889 – 24 January 1977) and Bjarni Sigurðsson (24 July 1889 – 30 July 1974). He graduated from high school in 1935 and read law at the University of Iceland, graduating in 1941, then pursued postgraduate studies at the University of Cambridge, England. He worked for the newspaper ''Morgunblaðið'' as reporter, then political editor and finally editor from 1956 to 1970. He served as speaker of the Lower House of the Althing 1949 to 1956 and again from 1963 to 1970. He was later the Icelandic ambassador to Denmark (1970–1976), Turkey (1970–1976), Ireland (1970–1983), China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its surrounding areas) is home to over 65% of the population. Iceland is the biggest part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that rises above sea level, and its central volcanic plateau is erupting almost constantly. The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains, and glaciers, and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate. According to the ancient manuscript , the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassador Of Iceland To The Netherlands
This is a list of ambassadors of Iceland. Current ambassadors Permanent representatives to international organisations Ambassadors to past countries * Czechoslovakia * East Germany (German Democratic Republic) *Serbia and Montenegro * Soviet Union * Yugoslavia See also *Ambassadors to Iceland Ambassadors to Iceland, Lists of ambassadors to Iceland, *Main Lists of ambassadors by mission country, Iceland ... {{Ambassadors of Iceland * Iceland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1915 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ** WWI: British Royal Navy battleship HMS ''Formidable'' is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew. ** Battle of Broken Hill: A train ambush near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, is carried out by two men (claiming to be in support of the Ottoman Empire) who are killed, together with 4 civilians. * January 5 – Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of , carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger, in a fixed-wing aircraft. * January 12 ** The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. ** '' A Fool There Was'' premières in the United States, starring Theda Bara as a '' femme fatale''; she quickly become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ólöf Pálsdóttir
Ólöf Pálsdóttir (14 April 1920 – 21 February 2018) was an Icelandic sculptor, and was responsible for one of the most-prominently located statues in Reykjavík, that of a cellist in the water next to the new concert hall. Early life Ólöf Pálsdóttir was born in 1920 to Páll Ólafsson and Hildur Stefánsdóttir. She attended Verzlunarskóli Íslands in Reykjavík, the oldest private school in Iceland. Completing school coincided with the start of WWII. She then spent the War in the Faroe Islands. After the War, she studied sculpture under Ingeborg Bachman in Denmark, under Einar Utzon-Frank at the Frederiksberg Technical School in Copenhagen, under Ramses Wissa Wassef in Egypt, and in Rome. Career Her works include: *''Son'' (1920), on the east bank of the Tjörnin in Reykjavík, which portrays a young man, his arms thrown wide open to greet life and all its opportunities. Olof once said that the sculpture symbolises the youth of Iceland. *''Girl'' (1950), in the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Currently in its 77th session, its powers, composition, functions, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter. The UNGA is responsible for the UN budget, appointing the non-permanent members to the Security Council, appointing the UN secretary-general, receiving reports from other parts of the UN system, and making recommendations through resolutions. It also establishes numerous subsidiary organs to advance or assist in its broad mandate. The UNGA is the only UN organ wherein all member states have equal representation. The General Assembly meets under its president or the UN secretary-general in annual sessions at the General Assembly Building, within the UN headquarters in New York City. The main part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Nordic Council
The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomous areas of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland. The representatives are members of parliament in their respective countries or areas and are elected by those parliaments. The Council holds ordinary sessions each year in October/November and usually one extra session per year with a specific theme. The council's official languages are Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish, though it uses only the mutually intelligible Scandinavian languages—Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish—as its working languages. These three comprise the first language of around 80% of the region's population and are learned as a second or foreign language by the remaining 20%. In 1971, the Nordic Council of Ministers, an intergovernmental f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassador Of Iceland To India
Iceland's first ambassador to India was Pétur Thorsteinsson in 1976. Iceland's present ambassador to India is Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson (born 31 October 1955) is an Icelandic politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Althing from 1993 to 2005, was Minister of Health and Social Security and Minister of Social Affairs, and has served as Icelan ..., who presented his credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind on 20 September 2018. While Iceland has an acreditted ambassador since 1976, the Embassy of Iceland was formally opened only on 26 February 2006. Aside from India, the Embassy's area of jurisdiction includes Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. List of ambassadors See also * Iceland–India relations * Foreign relations of Iceland * Ambassadors of Iceland * List of ambassadors and high commissioners to India References List of Icelandic representatives (Icelandic Foreign Ministry website) {{Ambassadors of Iceland 1976 establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassador Of Iceland To Cyprus
This is a list of ambassadors of Iceland. Current ambassadors Permanent representatives to international organisations Ambassadors to past countries * Czechoslovakia * East Germany (German Democratic Republic) *Serbia and Montenegro * Soviet Union * Yugoslavia See also *Ambassadors to Iceland Ambassadors to Iceland, Lists of ambassadors to Iceland, *Main Lists of ambassadors by mission country, Iceland ... {{Ambassadors of Iceland * Iceland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassador Of Iceland To Nigeria
This is a list of ambassadors of Iceland. Current ambassadors Permanent representatives to international organisations Ambassadors to past countries * Czechoslovakia * East Germany (German Democratic Republic) *Serbia and Montenegro * Soviet Union * Yugoslavia See also *Ambassadors to Iceland Ambassadors to Iceland, Lists of ambassadors to Iceland, *Main Lists of ambassadors by mission country, Iceland ... {{Ambassadors of Iceland * Iceland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassador Of Iceland To The United Kingdom ...
Iceland's first ambassador to the United Kingdom was Pétur Benediktsson in 1941. Iceland's current ambassador to the United Kingdom is Sturla Sigurjónsson. List of ambassadors See also *Iceland–United Kingdom relations *Foreign relations of Iceland * Ambassadors of Iceland References External links List of Icelandic representatives (Icelandic Foreign Ministry website) {{Ambassadors of Iceland 1941 establishments *Main United Kingdom Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norður-Ísafjarðarsýsla
Iceland was historically divided into 23 counties known as ''sýslur'' (), and 23 independent towns known as ''kaupstaðir'' (). Iceland is now split up between 24 sýslumenn (magistrates) that are the highest authority over the local police (except in Reykjavík where there is a special office of police commissioner) and carry out administrative functions such as declaring bankruptcy and marrying people outside of the church. The jurisdictions of these magistrates often follow the lines of the historical counties, but not always. When speaking of these new "administrative" counties, the custom is to associate them with the county seats rather than using the names of the traditional counties, even when they cover the same area. Composition Independent towns (''kaupstaðir'') were first created in the 18th century as urbanisation began in Iceland; this practice continued into the 1980s. The last town that was declared an independent town was Ólafsvík in 1983. Since then, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassador Of Iceland To China
Iceland's first ambassador to China was Sigurður Bjarnason in 1973. Iceland's current ambassador to China is Thórir Ibsen. List of ambassadors See also * China–Iceland relations * Foreign relations of Iceland * Ambassadors of Iceland ReferencesList of Icelandic representatives (Icelandic Foreign Ministry website) {{Ambassadors to China *Main China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ... Iceland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
