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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson: Quick Facts

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Born Iceland
Title / Office president (1996-2016), Iceland

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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson receiving the Louise Blouin Foundation Award, New York City, 2007.
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
prime minister of Iceland
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
president of Iceland
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Jón Sigurdsson
Icelandic statesman
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president of Iceland
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Icelandic poet
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prime minister of Iceland
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Björk
Icelandic musician
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Bobby Fischer
American-born chess master
Halldór Laxness
Halldór Laxness
Icelandic writer
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Icelandic writer
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Jóhannes Bjarni Jónasson
Icelandic poet
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Gudmundur G. Hagalín
Icelandic writer
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Tómas Gudmundsson
Icelandic poet
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Egill Skallagrímsson
Icelandic poet
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Sigurdur Jóhannesson Nordal
Icelandic philologist and writer
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Kristmann Gudmundsson
Icelandic author
Hallgrímsson, Jónas
Jónas Hallgrímsson
Icelandic poet