List of cabinets of Iceland

This is a list of cabinets of Iceland.

List

Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)

Nº	Cabinet (Nickname)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Coalition parties	Number of		King
Nº	Cabinet (Nickname)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Coalition parties	ministers	ministries	King
1	Jón Magnússon I	4 January 1917	25 February 1920	3 years, 1 month, 21 days (1,147 days)	HRP—IP þversum—PP	N/A	0	Christian X
2	Jón Magnússon II	25 February 1920	7 March 1922	2 years, 10 days (741 days)	HRP—independents	N/A
3	Sigurður Eggerz	7 March 1922	22 March 1924	2 years, 15 days (746 days)	IP—PP—independents	N/A
4	Jón Magnússon III	22 March 1924	8 July 1926	2 years, 3 months, 16 days (838 days)	CP	N/A
5	Jón Þorláksson	8 July 1926	28 August 1927	1 year, 1 month, 20 days (416 days)	CP	N/A
6	Tryggvi Þórhallsson	28 August 1927	3 June 1932	4 years, 9 months, 6 days (1,741 days)	PP	N/A
7	Ásgeir Ásgeirsson	3 June 1932	28 July 1934	2 years, 1 month, 25 days (785 days)	PP—IP	N/A
8	Hermann Jónasson I	28 July 1934	2 April 1938	3 years, 8 months, 5 days (1,344 days)	PP—SDP	N/A
9	Hermann Jónasson II	2 April 1938	17 April 1939	1 year, 15 days (380 days)	PP	N/A
10	Hermann Jónasson III	17 April 1939	18 November 1941	2 years, 7 months, 1 day (946 days)	national unity government PP—IP—SDP	N/A
11	Hermann Jónasson IV	18 November 1941	16 May 1942	5 months, 28 days (179 days)	PP—IP—SDP	N/A
12	Ólafur Thors I	16 May 1942	16 December 1942	7 months (214 days)	IP	N/A
13	Björn Þórðarson (The "Coca-Cola" Administration)^[1]	16 December 1942	21 October 1944	1 year, 10 months, 5 days (675 days)	Ministers from outside the Althing, appointed by the regent	N/A

Republic of Iceland (1944–present)

Nº	Cabinet (Nickname)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Coalition parties	Number of		President
Nº	Cabinet (Nickname)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Coalition parties	ministers	ministries	President
14	Ólafur Thors II (The Innovation Administration)^[2]	21 October 1944	4 February 1947	2 years, 3 months, 14 days (836 days)	IP—SP—SDP	N/A	0	Sveinn Björnsson
15	Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson	4 February 1947	6 December 1949	2 years, 10 months, 2 days (1,036 days)	SDP—IP—PP	N/A
16	Ólafur Thors III	6 December 1949	14 March 1950	3 months, 8 days (98 days)	IP	N/A
17	Steingrímur Steinþórsson	14 March 1950	11 September 1953	3 years, 5 months, 28 days (1,277 days)	PP—IP	N/A		Sveinn Björnsson Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
18	Ólafur Thors IV	11 September 1953	24 July 1956	3 years, 13 days (1,109 days)	IP—PP	N/A		Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
19	Hermann Jónasson V	24 July 1956	23 December 1958	2 years, 4 months, 29 days (882 days)	PP—PA—SDP	N/A		Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Kristján Eldjárn
20	Emil Jónsson	23 December 1958	20 November 1959	10 months, 28 days (332 days)	SDP	N/A		Kristján Eldjárn
21	Ólafur Thors V (The Reconstruction Administration)^[3]	20 November 1959	14 November 1963	3 years, 11 months, 25 days (1,455 days)	IP—SDP	N/A
22	Bjarni Benediktsson the Elder	14 November 1963	10 July 1970	6 years, 7 months, 26 days (2,430 days)	IP—SDP	N/A	13
23	Jóhann Hafstein	10 July 1970	14 July 1971	1 year, 4 days (369 days)	IP—SDP	6–7
24	Ólafur Jóhannesson I	14 July 1971	28 August 1974	3 years, 1 month, 14 days (1,141 days)	PP—PA—ULL	6–7
25	Geir Hallgrímsson	28 August 1974	1 September 1978	4 years, 4 days (1,465 days)	IP—PP	8
26	Ólafur Jóhannesson II	1 September 1978	15 October 1979	1 year, 1 month, 14 days (409 days)	PP—PA—SDP	9
27	Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal	15 October 1979	8 February 1980	3 months, 24 days (116 days)	SDP	6
28	Gunnar Thoroddsen	8 February 1980	26 May 1983	3 years, 3 months, 18 days (1,203 days)	IP—PP—PA	10		Kristján Eldjárn Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
29	Steingrímur Hermannsson I	26 May 1983	8 July 1987	4 years, 1 month, 12 days (1,504 days)	PP—IP	9–10		Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
30	Þorsteinn Pálsson	8 July 1987	28 September 1988	1 year, 2 months, 20 days (448 days)	IP—PP—SDP	11
31	Steingrímur Hermannsson II	28 September 1988	10 September 1989	11 months, 13 days (347 days)	PP—SDP—PA	9
32	Steingrímur Hermannsson III	10 September 1989	30 April 1991	1 year, 7 months, 20 days (597 days)	PP—SDP—PA—CP	11	13–14
33	Davíð Oddsson I (The Viðey Administration)	30 April 1991	23 April 1995	3 years, 11 months, 24 days (1,454 days)	IP—SDP	9–10	14
34	Davíð Oddsson II	23 April 1995	28 May 1999	4 years, 1 month, 5 days (1,496 days)	IP—PP	8–10		Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
35	Davíð Oddsson III	28 May 1999	23 May 2003	3 years, 11 months, 25 days (1,456 days)	IP—PP	12		Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
36	Davíð Oddsson IV	23 May 2003	15 September 2004	1 year, 3 months, 23 days (481 days)	IP—PP	12
37	Halldór Ásgrímsson	15 September 2004	15 June 2006	1 year, 9 months (638 days)	PP—IP	12
38	Geir Haarde I	15 June 2006	24 May 2007	11 months, 9 days (343 days)	IP—PP	12
39	Geir Haarde II	24 May 2007	1 February 2009	1 year, 8 months, 8 days (619 days)	IP—SDA	12	12–14
40	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I	1 February 2009	10 May 2009	3 months, 9 days (98 days)	SDA—LGM—independents	10	12
41	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II	10 May 2009	23 May 2013	4 years, 13 days (1474 days)	SDA—LGM—independents	8–12	8–12
42	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	23 May 2013	7 April 2016	2 years, 10 months, 15 days (1,050 days)	PP—IP	9–10	10
43	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson	7 April 2016	11 January 2017	9 months and 4 days (279 days)	PP—IP	10
44	Bjarni Benediktsson the Younger	11 January 2017	15 September 2017	8 months, 1 day (245 days)	IP—RP—BF	10		Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
45	Katrín Jakobsdóttir I	30 November 2017	28 November 2021	3 years, 11 months and 29 days (1,459 days)	LGM—IP—PP	11	9
46	Katrín Jakobsdóttir II	28 November 2021	9 April 2024	2 years, 4 months and 10 days (861 days)	LGM—IP—PP	12	12
47	Bjarni Benediktsson the Younger II	9 April 2024	incumbent	8 months (254 days)	IP—PP—LGM	12	12

References

^ "Ráðuneyti Björns Þórðarsonar" [Cabinet of Björn Þórðarson]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Þessi utanflokkastjórn var við völd við lýðveldistökuna 17.06.1944, og var í daglegu tali kölluð "Coca Cola"-stjórnin, en í henni voru eigendur verksmiðjunnar, Vilhjálmur Þór og Björn Ólafsson.
^ "Annað ráðuneyti Ólafs Thors" [Second cabinet of Ólafs Thors]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Þessi ríkisstjórn var gjarnan nefnd Nýsköpunarstjórnin.
^ "Fimmta ráðuneyti Ólafs Thors" [Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Þessi tveggja flokka ríkisstjórn var löngum nefnd „Viðreisnarstjórn", og kjörtímabilið og tvö þau næstu þar á eftir „Viðreisnartímabil".

[1] "Ráðuneyti Björns Þórðarsonar" [Cabinet of Björn Þórðarson]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Þessi utanflokkastjórn var við völd við lýðveldistökuna 17.06.1944, og var í daglegu tali kölluð "Coca Cola"-stjórnin, en í henni voru eigendur verksmiðjunnar, Vilhjálmur Þór og Björn Ólafsson.

[2] "Annað ráðuneyti Ólafs Thors" [Second cabinet of Ólafs Thors]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Þessi ríkisstjórn var gjarnan nefnd Nýsköpunarstjórnin.

[3] "Fimmta ráðuneyti Ólafs Thors" [Fifth cabinet of Ólafur Thors]. Historical material (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. Retrieved 4 October 2012. Þessi tveggja flokka ríkisstjórn var löngum nefnd „Viðreisnarstjórn", og kjörtímabilið og tvö þau næstu þar á eftir „Viðreisnartímabil".

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Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)	Jón Magnússon I (1917–20) Jón Magnússon II (1920–22) Sigurður Eggerz (1922–24) Jón Magnússon III (1924–26) Jón Þorláksson (1926–27) Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1927–32) Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1932–34) Hermann Jónasson I (1934–38) Hermann Jónasson II (1938–39) Hermann Jónasson III (1939–41) Hermann Jónasson IV (1941–42) Ólafur Thors I (1942) Björn Þórðarson (1942–44)
Republic of Iceland (1944–present)	Ólafur Thors II (1944–47) Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1947–49) Ólafur Thors III (1949–50) Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1950–53) Ólafur Thors IV (1953–56) Hermann Jónasson V (1956–58) Emil Jónsson (1958–59) Ólafur Thors V (1959–63) Bjarni Benediktsson, Sr (1963–70) Jóhann Hafstein (1970–71) Ólafur Jóhannesson I (1971–74) Geir Hallgrímsson (1974–78) Ólafur Jóhannesson II (1978–79) Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1979–80) Gunnar Thoroddsen (1980–83) Steingrímur Hermannsson I (1983–87) Þorsteinn Pálsson (1987–88) Steingrímur Hermannsson II (1988–89) Steingrímur Hermannsson III (1989–91) Davíð Oddsson I (1991–95) Davíð Oddsson II (1995–99) Davíð Oddsson III (1999–03) Davíð Oddsson IV (2003–04) Halldór Ásgrímsson (2004–06) Geir Haarde I (2006–07) Geir Haarde II (2007–09) Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I (2009) Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II (2009–13) Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (2013–16) Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (2016–17) Bjarni Benediktsson I (2017) Katrín Jakobsdóttir I (2017–21) Katrín Jakobsdóttir II (2021–24) Bjarni Benediktsson II (2024–)

List

Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)

Republic of Iceland (1944–present)

See also

References