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Born February 27, 1881 • Reykjavík • Iceland
Died January 25, 1952 (aged 70) • Reykjavík • Iceland
Title / Office president (1944-1952), Iceland
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
prime minister of Iceland
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson receiving the Louise Blouin Foundation Award, New York City, 2007.
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
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Sigurdsson, Jón
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Icelandic poet
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prime minister of Iceland
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British diplomat
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