Bishop of Iceland
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Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
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- 1801-1823: Geir Vídalín
- 1824-1845: Steingrímur Jónsson
- 1846-1866: Helgi G. Thordersen
- 1866-1889: Pétur Pétursson
- 1889-1908: Hallgrímur Sveinsson
- 1908-1916: Þórhallur Bjarnason
- 1917-1939: Jón Helgason
- 1939-1953: Sigurgeir Sigurðsson
- 1954-1959: Ásmundur Guðmundsson
- 1959-1981: Sigurbjörn EinarssonSigurbjörn EinarssonSigurbjörn Einarsson was a doctor of theology and a priest of the Lutheran Church of Iceland. He led the church as the Bishop of Iceland from 1959 to 1981. The current Bishop, Karl Sigurbjörnsson, is his son.-References:...
- 1981-1989: Pétur SigurgeirssonPétur SigurgeirssonPétur Sigurgeirsson was the Bishop of Iceland from 1981 until 1989. He died on June 3, 2010, the day after his 91st birthday from undisclosed causes.-External links:**...
- 1989-1997: Ólafur Skúlason
- 1998- present Karl Sigurbjörnsson