Björn Þórðarson

Björn Þórðarson

9th Prime Minister of Iceland
In office 16 December 1942 – 21 October 1944
Monarch	Kristján X
President	Sveinn Björnsson
Preceded by	Ólafur Thors
Succeeded by	Ólafur Thors
Personal details
Born	6 February 1879
Died	25 October 1963 (aged 84)
Political party	Independent

Björn Þórðarson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpjœrtn̥ ˈθourðarsɔn̥]; 6 February 1879 – 25 October 1963) was Prime Minister of Iceland from 16 December 1942 to 21 October 1944, in the only government that did not rely on parliamentary support. He was prime minister when Iceland became a republic. His cabinet was named the Coca-Cola rule because two of its ministers started franchises of two big American companies during the US occupation during World War II. Vilhjálmur Þór, from the Progressive Party, took on ESSO, and Björn Ólafsson, later a member of the Alþingi, founded Vífilfell, the company that sells Coca Cola in Iceland.

Preceded by Ólafur Thors	Prime Minister of Iceland 1942–1944	Succeeded by Ólafur Thors

Prime Ministers of Iceland

Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)	Jón Magnússon Sigurður Eggerz Jón Magnússon Magnús Guðmundsson Jón Þorláksson Tryggvi Þórhallsson Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Hermann Jónasson Ólafur Thors Björn Þórðarson

Republic of Iceland (1944–present)	Ólafur Thors Stefán J. Stefánsson Ólafur Thors Steingrímur Steinþórsson Ólafur Thors Hermann Jónasson Emil Jónsson Ólafur Thors Bjarni Benediktsson Jóhann Hafstein Ólafur Jóhannesson Geir Hallgrímsson Ólafur Jóhannesson Benedikt S. Gröndal Gunnar Thoroddsen Steingrímur Hermannsson Þorsteinn Pálsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Davíð Oddsson Halldór Ásgrímsson Geir Haarde Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 19594084 LCCN: nr98034495 ISNI: 0000 0000 5458 5754 GND: 1053080417 SUDOC: 128801611

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