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Bjarni Benediktsson

1908 - 1970

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Bjarni Benediktsson (30 April 1908 – 10 July 1970) 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 studied constitutional law and became a professor at the University of Iceland at age 24. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bjarni Benediktsson has received more than 19,796 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Bjarni Benediktsson is the 6,675th most popular politician (up from 9,492nd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 6,675 out of 19,576. Before him are Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Mike Pompeo, Rajendra Chola I, Saleh al-Arouri, Magnus II of Norway, and Brian Boru. After him are Ali az-Zahir, Ermesinde of Carcassonne, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Emperor Shirakawa, Kerei Khan, and Lusius Quietus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 87. Before him are Giovannino Guareschi, Yousuf Karsh, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Leroy Anderson, Cus D'Amato, and Viktor Abakumov. After him are Giacomo Manzù, Afet İnan, Lev Pontryagin, Sicco Mansholt, Gustavo Marzi, and Lionel Hampton. Among people deceased in 1970, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 73. Before him are Jan Syrový, Zeki Velidi Togan, Wilhelm Schepmann, Roman Ingarden, Reizo Fukuhara, and Leonarda Cianciulli. After him are Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiyoo Kanda, Polina Zhemchuzhina, Michał Kalecki, Sheng Shicai, and Isdal Woman.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 18 out of 190. Before him are Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), and Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889). After him are Ari Thorgilsson (1067), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), Magnús Scheving (1964), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Jón Arason (1484), and Sæmundr fróði (1056).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 9. Before him are Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), and Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968). After him are Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Geir Haarde (1951), Davíð Oddsson (1948), Hannes Hafstein (1861), and Ólafur Thors (1892).

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