The post of Mayor of Reykjavík ( is, Borgarstjóri Reykjavíkur) was created in 1907 and advertised in 1908. Páll Einarsson and Knud Zimsen applied for the job and Páll got the position for a period of six years, at the end of which he did not wish to renew his tenure. Rather than a direct election,

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members elect the

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from within their ranks. Between 1932 and 1994 the centre-right

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dominated Reykjavík municipal politics, but since then other parties have been more competitive. Since 2003 seven people have held the mayor position, due to an unprecedented amount of instability in Reykjavík's municipal

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caused in part by the 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis. The incumbent mayor is

Dagur Bergþóruson Eggertsson Dagur Bergþóruson Eggertsson (born 19 June 1972) is an Icelandic politician who is the Mayor of Reykjavík. He was the vice-chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance from 2009 until 2013. He was first elected to the city council of Reykjavík ...

, who was elected in 2014. Dagur's

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currently governs the city as the senior coalition partner with the

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and the Left-Greens.

List of mayors

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(Mayors of Reykjavík since the beginning, in Icelandic) {{DEFAULTSORT:List of mayors of Reykjavik * Reykjavik

List of mayors

See also

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