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Iceland is a historically homogeneous society with little ethnic or racial diversity. Icelandic national identity is often racialized as a white identity, therefore non-white people are frequently otherized as non-Icelandic. [1] Muslim and Jewish minorities in Iceland also experience Islamophobia and antisemitism.
Iceland gained full sovereignty and independence from Denmark in 1918 after World War I. It became the Kingdom of Iceland. The King of Denmark also served as the King of Iceland but Iceland retained only formal ties with the Danish Crown. On 17 June 1944 the monarchy was abolished and a republic was established on Jón Sigurðsson's 133rd birthday.
In a speech in Alþingi in 1998, then Prime Minister of Iceland, Davíð Oddsson, heavily criticized the investigation and prosecution of the case after the Supreme Court of Iceland ruled that it could not rehear the case. [25] In 2018, it was revealed that Davíð had given Sævar financial support and advice to help him get the case reheard ...
In Iceland, the Turkish Abductions are viewed as a major event and one that is still often discussed, [1] but outside of Iceland the event is practically unknown. [1] Multiple detailed works were written about the event at the time; [3] a major one was Ólafur Egilsson's narrative (Reisubók Ólafs Egilssonar ) (en: Ólafur Egilsson's travelogue).
Iceland ranked first on the Equaldex Equality Index in 2023, and second after Malta according to ILGA-Europe's 2024 LGBT rights ranking, indicating it is one of the safest nations for LGBT people in Europe. [1] [5] Conversion therapy in Iceland has been illegal since 2023. Same-sex couples have had equal access to adoption and IVF since 2006.
The investigation was led by Detective Grímur Grímsson, the brother of the writer Vigdís Grímsdóttir and subsequently Iceland's representative to Europol. [3] The car, which was traced after also being seen on surveillance video at Hafnafjörður harbour, [3] [7] had been rented by a crew member of the Greenlandic trawler Polar Nanoq; with the assistance of the captain, [3] members of the ...
A strong opposition existed against European integration in Iceland, but Vigdís supported the European Union and European integration, and she refused to use her presidential veto to block Iceland's association with the European Economic Area. [5] Vigdís decided not to run for a fifth term as president, and her tenure ended in August 1996.
Iceland's stock market, the Iceland Stock Exchange (ISE), was established in 1985. [147] Iceland is ranked 27th in the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, lower than in prior years but still among the freest in the world. [148] As of 2016, it ranks 29th in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitive Index, one place lower than in 2015. [149]