Sveinn Björnsson
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Sveinn Björnsson was the first president of Iceland, serving from 1944 until his death in 1952.
Sveinn Björnsson
Björn Sveinsson Björnsson, Sveinn's eldest son, survived the war and died in 1998.
Kingdom of Iceland
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The Kingdom of Iceland was an associated state of Denmark and kingdom under a personal union that was established by the Act of Union signed on 1 December 1918. It lasted until 17 June 1944 when a nat
Sveinn Björnsson
…affairs had been conducted by Denmark until the beginning of the Second World War. The German occupation of Denmark in April 1940, however, resulted the Icelandic king, Christian X, who resided in Denmark, being unable to perform his constitutional functions for Iceland and Sveinn was elected Regent of Iceland three…
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