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Bessastaðir is the residence of the List of Presidents of Iceland Sveinn Björnsson (1944-1952) Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1952-1968) Kristján Eldjárn (1968-1980) Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1980-1996) Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1996-present) See also: Politics of Iceland, list of Prime Ministers of Iceland, list of Icelandic rulers, lists of incumbents...President of Iceland and is situated on The district of Álftanes, which is almost exactly 600 hectares in size, had on December 1, 2002, a population of about 1780, living in somewhat over 560 dwellings. ...Álftanes, not far from the capital city; See also: Reykjavík, Manitoba in Canada Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and the northernmost capital city of a nation. ...Reykjavík.
From 1805 to 1846, Bessastaðir was a schoolhouse, where many of Iceland's most famous luminaries studied.
Bessastaðir, the recindence of the President of Iceland File links The following pages link to this file: Bessastaðir Categories: Images with unknown source ...
This image shows us the church of Bessastaðir in the front and the Presidental residence in the back.
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