Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is an Icelandic politician who was the fifth president of Iceland from 1996 to 2016. He was previously a member of the Icelandic Parliament for the People's Alliance and served as Minister of Finance from 1988 to 1991.
Ólafur in 2011
Ólafur with President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on 19 April 2002
Ólafur during the WEF 2013
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson during his visit to The Doon School in India, seen here with the school's headmaster Peter McLaughlin
The president of Iceland is the head of state of Iceland. The incumbent is Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, who is now in his second term as president, elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020.
President of Iceland
Bessastaðir with Reykjavík in the background
Image: Sveinn Björnsson
Image: Asgeir Asgeirsson