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Bjarni Benediktsson

1970 - Today

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Bjarni Benediktsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpja(r)tnɪ ˈpɛːnɛtɪxtsˌsɔːn]; born 26 January 1970), known colloquially as Bjarni Ben, is an Icelandic former politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from January to November 2017 and again from April to December 2024. He has been the leader of the Icelandic Independence Party since 2009, and served as the minister of finance and economic affairs from 2013 to 2017, a post he later retained under Katrín Jakobsdóttir and held until his resignation in October 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bjarni Benediktsson has received more than 20,226 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Bjarni Benediktsson is the 14,978th most popular politician (up from 15,370th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 84th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Icelander Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 14,978 out of 19,576. Before him are Miquel Crusafont i Pairó, Gaëtan de Rochebouët, José Justo Corro, José Ignacio Pavón, Franco Frattini, and Denis Zvizdić. After him are Drest I, Oleh Tyahnybok, Moudud Ahmed, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Hubert Védrine, and Pierre Moscovici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 160. Before him are Noureddine Morceli, Saulius Skvernelis, Marie-Josée Croze, Jonathan Stroud, Ted Cruz, and Winston Bogarde. After him are Pedro Diniz, Skeet Ulrich, Nicola Sturgeon, Sam Lake, Ryu Seung-ryong, and Sarah Silverman.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 66 out of 190. Before him are Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), and Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948). After him are Jóhann Hafstein (1915), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969), Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876), Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), and Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 21. Before him are Ólafur Thors (1892), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Hermann Jónasson (1896), and Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947). After him are Jóhann Hafstein (1915), Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), and Jón Magnússon (1859).

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