Steingrímur Steinþórsson

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Steingrímur Steinþórsson

Prime Minister of Iceland
In office March 14, 1950 – September 11, 1953
President	Sveinn Björnsson
Preceded by	Ólafur Thors
Succeeded by	Ólafur Thors
Personal details
Born	(1893-02-12)February 12, 1893
Died	November 14, 1966(1966-11-14) (aged 73)
Nationality	Iceland
Political party	Progressive Party

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Steingrímur .

Steingrímur Steinþórsson (February 12, 1893 - November 14, 1966) was Prime Minister of Iceland from 14 March 1950 to 11 September 1953. He was a member of the Interim Triumvirate (acting head of state) from 26 January to 31 July 1952, and was a member of the Progressive Party, though never its chairman.

He served as Minister of Agriculture and Social Affairs from 1953 to 1956.

External links

Icelandic page with short bio and photo

Preceded by Ólafur Thors	Prime Minister of Iceland 1950–1953	Succeeded by Ólafur Thors

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

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 80304070 LCCN: n80131769 GND: 135858755

Persondata
Name	Steingrimur Steinthorsson
Alternative names
Short description	Prime Minister of Iceland
Date of birth	February 12, 1893
Place of birth
Date of death	November 14, 1966
Place of death

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