Gunnar Thoroddsen

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is properly referred to by the given name Gunnar.

Gunnar Thoroddsen
Prime Minister of Iceland
In office February 8, 1980 – May 26, 1983
President	Kristján Eldjárn
Preceded by	Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal
Succeeded by	Steingrímur Hermannsson
Personal details
Born	(1910-12-29)December 29, 1910
Died	September 25, 1983(1983-09-25) (aged 72)
Nationality	Iceland
Political party	Independence Party

Gunnar Thoroddsen (pronounced [ˈɡʏːnar ˈtʰoːurɔtˌsɛn]) (December 29, 1910 – September 25, 1983) was the Prime Minister of Iceland from 8 February 1980 to 26 May 1983. Gunnar was the youngest man ever elected to the Althing, Iceland's Parliament. He was 23 years old when he was elected as MP in 1934. He served as an Ambassador of Iceland in Denmark from 1965 to 1969 when he ran for the presidency of Iceland in 1968. He wished to succeed his father in law, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, who served as president from 1952 to 1968. Gunnar had been mayor of Reykjavík from 1947 to 1959 and minister of finance from 1959 to 1965. He was minister of industry and a social welfare minister in the cabinet of Geir Hallgrímsson August 28, 1974 to June 27, 1978.

Gunnar and Geir were not in agreement and the disagreement led to Gunnar breaking away from the will of the Independence Party with a few members of parliament and forming a cabinet with the Progressive Party and the People's Alliance, that replaced a minority government of Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal. By forming his government Gunnar became the oldest Prime Minister in Iceland's history at the age of 69. Gunnar did not run in the 1983 elections for parliament, due to his illness, and ended his involvement in politics when his cabinet was succeeded by Steingrímur Hermannsson's cabinet.

Gunnar Thoroddsen died in September 1983.

Political offices
Preceded by	Minister of Finance of Iceland 1959 – 1965	Succeeded by
Preceded by Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal	Prime Minister of Iceland 1980–1983	Succeeded by Steingrímur Hermannsson

v t e Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors

Ministers	Bjarni Benediktsson Emil Jónsson Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson Gunnar Thoroddsen Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason Ingólfur Jónsson Jóhann Hafstein Ólafur Thors

v t e Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson

Ministers	Bjarni Benediktsson Eggert Gíslason Þorsteinsson Emil Jónsson Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson Gunnar Thoroddsen Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason Ingólfur Jónsson Jóhann Hafstein Magnús Jónsson

v t e Cabinet of Geir Hallgrímsson

Ministers	Einar Ágústsson Geir Hallgrímsson Gunnar Thoroddsen Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson Matthías Árni Mathiesen Matthías Bjarnason Ólafur Jóhannesson Vilhjálmur Hjálmarsson

v t e Cabinet of Gunnar Thoroddsen

Ministers	Gunnar Thoroddsen Friðjón Þórðarson Hjörleifur Guttormsson Ingvar Gíslason Ólafur Jóhannesson Pálmi Jónsson Steingrímur Hermannsson Svavar Gestsson Ragnar Arnalds Tómas Árnason

v t e 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

Persondata
Name	Gunnar Thoroddsen
Alternative names
Short description	Icelandic politician
Date of birth	December 29, 1910
Place of birth
Date of death	September 25, 1983
Place of death

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