Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1908)
Bjarni Benediktsson was an Icelandic politician of the Independence Party who served as prime minister of Iceland from 1963 to 1970. His father, Benedikt Sveinsson (1877–1954), was a leader in the independence movement in Iceland and a member of the Althingi from 1908 to 1931.
Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1908)
Bjarni (right) with Prime Minister of Israel Levi Eshkol in 1964.
Independence Party (Iceland)
The Independence Party is a conservative political party in Iceland. It is currently the largest party in the Alþingi, with 17 seats. The chairman of the party is Bjarni Benediktsson and the vice chairman of the party is Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir.
Image: J Thorl 1927
Image: Olafur Thors
Image: Bjarni Benediktsson 1964 cropped
Image: David Oddsson