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Dagur Sigurðarson
Dagur Sigurðarson (6 August 1937 – 19 February 1994) was an Icelandic poet, translator and visual artist. Family His maternal niece is KatrÃn Jakobsdóttir, the former Prime Minister of Iceland. Books * ''Shares in the Sunset'' - 1958 * ''The Millennium Adventure'' - 1960 * ''The Dog Farm or the Reconstruction of the Economy'' - 1963 * ''NÃðstaung hin meiri'' - 1965 * ''Some American Poems'' - 1966 (translations) * ''Rough metal and gray silver'' - 1971 * ''Conscious widening of the buttocks'' - 1974 * ''The Queen of the Jungle Sacrifices Tarsan'' - 1974 * ''Fagurskinna'' - 1976 * ''Karlson and kerling hel'' - 1976 * ''Ordinary Housewife'' - 1977 * ''Sunshine Fool'' - 1980 * ''Before Laugavegur eruption'' - 1985 * ''Kella is not related to them'' - 1988 * ''GlÃmuskjálfti'' - 1989 (Total collection of poems of the day) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sigurdarson, Dagur 1994 deaths 1937 births 20th-century Icelandic poets, Dagur Sigurdarson 20th-century Icelandic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KatrÃn Jakobsdóttir
KatrÃn Jakobsdóttir (; born 1 February 1976) is an Icelandic former politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from December 2017 to April 2024 and was a member of the Althing for the ReykjavÃk North constituency from 2007 to 2024. A graduate of the University of Iceland, she became deputy chairperson of the Left-Green Movement in 2003, and served as their chairperson from 2013 until her presidential bid in 2024. KatrÃn was Iceland's minister of education, science, and culture, and of Nordic cooperation from 2 February 2009 to 23 May 2013. She was Iceland's second female prime minister, after Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir held the office from 2009 to 2013. On 19 February 2020, she was named Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders. In April 2024, she left her position as prime minister to run for president of Iceland in the 2024 presidential election. She finished in second place with 25.1% of the popular vote. KatrÃn is known as one of the most popular polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Iceland
The prime minister of Iceland () is head of government of the Republic of Iceland. The prime minister is appointed formally by the president of Iceland, president and exercises executive authority along with the Cabinet of Iceland, cabinet subject to parliamentary support. Constitutional basis The prime minister is appointed by the President of Iceland, president under the Constitution of Iceland, Section II Article 17, and chairs the Cabinet of Iceland: : ' : The [cabinet] meetings shall be presided over by the Minister called upon by the President of the Republic to do so, who is designated Prime Minister. Locations The prime minister's office is located in the Governing Council (''Stjórnarráðið''), Reykjavik, where their secretariat is based and where cabinet meetings are held. The prime minister has a summer residence, Þingvallabær in Þingvellir. The prime minister also has a reception house in Tjarnargata, Reykjavik, which was the prime ministerial residence until 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Births
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza GarcÃa becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: The Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate its leaders. * January 30 – The Moscow Trial initiated on January 23 is concluded. Thirteen of the defendants are Capital punishment, sentenced to death (including Georgy Pyatakov, Nikolay Muralov and Leonid Serebryakov), while the rest, including Karl Radek and Grigory Sokolnikov are sent to Gulag, labor camps and later murdered. They were i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
