State · 1944 – present
Iceland
A state of 1944 – present — 82 years, still standing in Europe. It followed Kingdom of Iceland. The atlas records 13 things within it — unrest and atrocity 2 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 3 · people 7. Its line of rulers holds 7 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 82 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 7
- the President of Iceland
- Most ground
- 111,400 km²
- in 1946
- Within it
- 13
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 3
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Kingdom of Iceland · follows · 1918 – 1944
Rulers
The line of President of Iceland - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sveinn Björnsson | 1944 – 1952 | 8 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Ásgeir Ásgeirsson | 1952 – 1968 | 16 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Kristján Eldjárn | 1968 – 1980 | 12 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | 1980 – 1996 | 16 years | ending not on record | |
| Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 1996 – 2016 | 20 years | ending not on record | |
| Guðni Th. Jóhannesson | 2016 – 2024 | 8 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Halla Tómasdóttir | 2024 – in office | in office since 2024 | still in office |
7 rulers, 7 with terms dated as terms, covering 1944 – 2024. Median reign 14 years. 1 of 6 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Iceland, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Hermann Jónasson | 1934 – 1942 |
| Björn Þórðarson | 1942 – 1944 |
| Ólafur Thors | 1942 – 1942 |
| Ólafur Thors | 1944 – 1947 |
| Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson | 1947 – 1949 |
| Ólafur Thors | 1949 – 1950 |
| Steingrímur Steinþórsson | 1950 – 1953 |
| Ólafur Thors | 1953 – 1956 |
| Hermann Jónasson | 1956 – 1958 |
| Emil Jónsson | 1958 – 1959 |
| Ólafur Thors | 1959 – 1961 |
| Bjarni Benediktsson | 1961 – 1961 |
| Ólafur Thors | 1962 – 1963 |
| Bjarni Benediktsson | 1963 – 1970 |
| Jóhann Hafstein | 1970 – 1971 |
| Ólafur Jóhannesson | 1971 – 1974 |
| Geir Hallgrímsson | 1974 – 1978 |
| Ólafur Jóhannesson | 1978 – 1979 |
| Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal | 1979 – 1980 |
| Gunnar Thoroddsen | 1980 – 1983 |
| Steingrímur Hermannsson | 1983 – 1987 |
| Þorsteinn Pálsson | 1987 – 1988 |
| Steingrímur Hermannsson | 1988 – 1991 |
| Davíð Oddsson | 1991 – 2004 |
| Halldór Ásgrímsson | 2004 – 2006 |
| Geir Haarde | 2006 – 2009 |
| Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | 2009 – 2013 |
| Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson | 2013 – 2016 |
| Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson | 2016 – 2017 |
| Katrín Jakobsdóttir | 2017 – 2024 |
| Bjarni Benediktsson | 2017 – 2017 |
| Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir | 2024 – … |
| Bjarni Benediktsson | 2024 – 2024 |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
111,400 km² in 1954, 111,400 km² in 2024; at its largest 111,400 km² in 1954. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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flag, 1918 – 1944Flag of Iceland (1918–1944) · Public domain 
flag, from 1944Flag of Iceland · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1944Coat of arms of Iceland · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19996 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir · ruler · 1930 – present
- Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson · ruler · 1943 – present
- Guðni Th. Jóhannesson · ruler · 1968 – present
- Halla Tómasdóttir · ruler · 1968 – present
- Kristján Eldjárn · ruler · 1916 – 1982
- 1949 anti-NATO riot in Iceland · unrest · 1949
2000 – 20995 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull · disaster · 2010
- COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland · plague · 2020
- 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests · unrest · 2008 – 2009
- 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions · disaster · 2023
- 2008 Iceland earthquake · disaster · 2008
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood82 years
stood longer than 43% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held111,400 km²
held more ground at its peak than 47% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median16 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 51% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record7
has more rulers on record than 73% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 4 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1934 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1946, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q189 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.