Person
Sveinn Björnsson
1881 – 1952 · aged 71
Icelandic politician, 1st President of Iceland (1881-1952)
- Born
- 27 Feb 1881 · Copenhagen
- Died
- 25 Jan 1952 · Reykjavík
Life timeline
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Showing 82 years
- 27 Feb 1881BornBorn in Copenhagen
- 1914 – 1915RoleMember of the Althing
- 1919RoleMember of the Althing
- 1920RoleMember of the Althing
- 1944 – 1952RolePresident of Iceland
- 25 Jan 1952DiedDied in Reykjavík
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1881 – 1952).
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
Biography
Sveinn Björnsson (Icelandic: [ˈsveitn̥ ˈpjœsːɔn]; 27 February 1881 – 25 January 1952) was the first president of Iceland, serving from 1944 until his death in 1952.
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