POLITICIAN

Kristján Eldjárn

1916 - 1982

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Kristján Eldjárn (Icelandic: [ˈkʰrɪstjaun ˈɛltjaurtn̥]; 6 December 1916 – 14 September 1982) was the president of Iceland from 1968 to 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kristján Eldjárn has received more than 116,588 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Kristján Eldjárn is the 5,138th most popular politician (up from 7,050th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 17th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kristján Eldjárn ranks 5,138 out of 19,576Before him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Haji Mohammad Chamkani, John Balliol, Édouard Herriot, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, and Antti Aarne. After him are Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Htin Kyaw, Georgy Pyatakov, Gojong of Goryeo, Bartolomé Mitre, and Luis Echeverría.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Kristján Eldjárn ranks 60Before him are Rafael Caldera, Consuelo Velázquez, Henri Dutilleux, Hamani Diori, Glenn Ford, and Saburō Sakai. After him are Richard Fleischer, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Georg Henrik von Wright, Michael Gough, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, and Sterling Hayden. Among people deceased in 1982, Kristján Eldjárn ranks 65Before him are Marty Feldman, Giovanni Ferrari, Anna German, Otto Hofmann, Colin Chapman, and Adolf Heusinger. After him are Leopold Trepper, Pierre Mendès France, Patrick Dewaere, Elis Regina, Ville Ritola, and Pierre Balmain.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Kristján Eldjárn ranks 14 out of 190Before him are Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), and Jón Sigurðsson (1811). After him are Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Ari Thorgilsson (1067), and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000).

Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Kristján Eldjárn ranks 7Before him are Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), and Jón Sigurðsson (1811). After him are Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Geir Haarde (1951), and Davíð Oddsson (1948).