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class="mw-content-ltr"><table class="infobox geography vcard vevent" style="width:290px;"> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="3" class="fn org summary" style="text-align:center; line-height:1.2em; font-size:135%; font-weight:bold;">Kingdom of Iceland</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td colspan="3" class="fn org summary" style="text-align:center; line-height:1.2em; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold;"><i>Konungsríkið Ísland</i><br/> <i>Kongeriget Island</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; font-size:115%;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_union" title="Personal union">Personal union</a> with <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; padding:0.2em 0em 0.2em 0em;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; 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border:0;"><b>1918–1944</b></td> <td style="width:50px; border:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right; line-height:105%; font-size:30%;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" width="30" height="22" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1800"/></a> <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland"><span style="font-size:300%;">→</span></a><br/></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="3" class="maptable"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; background:none;"> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg" class="image" title="Flag"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg/125px-Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" width="125" height="90" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg/188px-Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg/250px-Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="720"/></a></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; vertical-align:middle;"><a 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text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland" title="Coat of arms of Iceland">Coat of arms</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; font-size:95%;"><b>Anthem</b><br/> <i><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofs%C3%B6ngur" title="Lofsöngur">Lofsöngur</a></i><br/> <center> <div class="mediaContainer" style="position:relative;display:block;width:220px"><small><audio id="mwe_player_0" style="width:220px" poster="//bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.25wmf21/resources/assets/file-type-icons/fileicon-ogg.png" controls="" preload="none" class="kskin" data-durationhint="99.271111111111" data-startoffset="0" data-mwtitle="Lofsöngur.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Lofs%C3%B6ngur.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-title="Original Ogg file (81 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src="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Kingdom_of_Iceland_%281942%29.svg/250px-Kingdom_of_Iceland_%281942%29.svg.png" width="250" height="253" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Kingdom_of_Iceland_%281942%29.svg/375px-Kingdom_of_Iceland_%281942%29.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Kingdom_of_Iceland_%281942%29.svg/500px-Kingdom_of_Iceland_%281942%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="456"/></a></div> </div> <div style="padding:0.5em 0.5em 0;line-height:1.25em;font-size:90%;">The Kingdom of Iceland in 1942.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Capital</b></td> <td style="width:50%;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Languages</b></td> <td><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic</a>, <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Religion</b></td> <td><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Iceland" title="Church of Iceland">Lutheranism</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2"><b>Government</b></td> <td><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">Constitutional monarchy</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Iceland" title="Monarchy of Iceland">King</a></b></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;text-align:left;">1918–1944</td> <td><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_X_of_Denmark" title="Christian X of Denmark">Kristján X</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">Regent</a></b></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;text-align:left;">1941–1944</td> <td><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinn_Bj%C3%B6rnsson" title="Sveinn Björnsson">Sveinn Björnsson</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Iceland" title="Prime Minister of Iceland">Prime Minister</a></b></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;text-align:left;">1918–1920</td> <td><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_Magn%C3%BAsson_(politician)" title="Jón Magnússon (politician)">Jón Magnússon</a> <small>(first)</small></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;text-align:left;">1942–1944</td> <td><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson" title="Björn Þórðarson">Björn Þórðarson</a> <small>(last)</small></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Legislature</b></td> <td><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing" title="Althing">Althing</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2"><b>Historical era</b></td> <td><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">Interwar period</a> / <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">WWII</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0em;text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%E2%80%93Icelandic_Act_of_Union" title="Danish–Icelandic Act of Union">Act of Union</a></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom;">1 December 1918</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0em;text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Denmark" title="Occupation of Denmark" class="mw-redirect">Fall of Denmark</a></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom;">9 April 1940</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0em;text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland" title="Invasion of Iceland">Operation Fork</a></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom;">10 May 1940</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0em;text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_constitutional_referendum,_1944" title="Icelandic constitutional referendum, 1944">National referendum</a></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom;">20 May 1944</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0em;text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_of_the_Republic_of_Iceland" title="Founding of the Republic of Iceland" class="mw-redirect">Republic proclaimed</a></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom;">17 June 1944</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">Area</a></b></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;text-align:left;">1944</td> <td>103,125 km² <span class="nowrap">(39,817 sq mi)</span></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="3"><b><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population" title="List of countries by population" class="mw-redirect">Population</a></b></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="width:1.0em; padding:0 0 0 0.6em;"> - </td> <td style="padding-left:0;text-align:left;">1944 est.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></td> <td>125,967 </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td colspan="2"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">     </span>Density</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;">1.2 /km²  (3.2 /sq mi)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Currency</b></td> <td><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_kr%C3%B3na" title="Icelandic króna">Króna</a></td> </tr> </table> <table class="vertical-navbox 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title="Coat of arms of Iceland"><img alt="Coat of arms of Iceland" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg.png" width="150" height="159" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg/225px-Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg/300px-Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1128" data-file-height="1193"/></a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#eee">Middle Ages</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_Iceland" title="Settlement of Iceland">Settlement</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circa" title="Circa">c.</a> 870–930</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Commonwealth" title="Icelandic Commonwealth">Old Commonwealth</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">c. 930–1262</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianisation_of_Iceland" title="Christianisation of Iceland">Christianisation</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">c. 999–1118</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_Sturlungs" title="Age of the Sturlungs">Sturlung Era</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">c. 1180–1264</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;">Norwegian rule</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1262–1380</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Covenant_(Iceland)" title="Old Covenant (Iceland)">Old Covenant</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1262</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Reformation" title="Icelandic Reformation">Reformation</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1536–1627</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%E2%80%93Icelandic_Trade_Monopoly" title="Danish–Icelandic Trade Monopoly">Danish Trade Monopoly</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1602–1874</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B3%C3%B0uhar%C3%B0indin" title="Móðuharðindin" class="mw-redirect">Eruption of Laki</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1783–1785</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#eee">Modern era</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_independence_movement" title="Icelandic independence movement">Independence Movement</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1809–1847</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;">Home Rule / Independence</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1885–1918</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><strong class="selflink">Kingdom</strong></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1918–1944</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%E2%80%93Icelandic_Act_of_Union" title="Danish–Icelandic Act of Union">Act of Union</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1918</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_in_World_War_II" title="Iceland in World War II">World War II</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1939–1944</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;line-height:1.3em"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland" title="Invasion of Iceland">Invasion</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81standi%C3%B0" title="Ástandið">Invader relationships</a></div> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;line-height:1.3em">1940<br/> 1940–1945</div> </td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Republic</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1944–<small style="font-size:85%;">present</small></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_of_the_Republic_of_Iceland" title="Founding of the Republic of Iceland" class="mw-redirect">Founding of the Republic</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1944</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Cold_War" title="Iceland in the Cold War">Cold War</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1947–1991</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars" title="Cod Wars">Cod Wars</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1948–1976</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;">Economic reform</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1991–2008</td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Recession_in_Iceland" title="Great Recession in Iceland" class="mw-redirect">Great Recession</a></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">2008–2011</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#eee">Related topics</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobility_in_Iceland" title="Nobility in Iceland">Nobility in Iceland</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"><b><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Icelandic_history" title="Timeline of Icelandic history">Timeline</a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0.3em 0.4em 0.3em;font-weight:bold;border-top:#aaa 1px solid; border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid;"><span class="metadata"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iceland.svg" class="image"><img alt="Portal icon" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" width="16" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1800"/></a></span> <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Iceland" title="Portal:Iceland">Iceland portal</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;font-size:115%"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:History_of_Iceland" title="Template:History of Iceland"><span title="View this template">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:History_of_Iceland" title="Template talk:History of Iceland"><span title="Discuss this template">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:History_of_Iceland&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>The <b>Kingdom of Iceland</b> (<a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic</a>: <i>Konungsríkið Ísland</i>; <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>: <i>Kongeriget Island</i>) was a <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a> that existed through the <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%E2%80%93Icelandic_Act_of_Union" title="Danish–Icelandic Act of Union">Act of Union</a> with <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> signed on 1 December 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-Halfdanarson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halfdanarson-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> It lasted until 17 June 1944 when a <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_constitutional_referendum,_1944" title="Icelandic constitutional referendum, 1944">national referendum</a> <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_of_the_Republic_of_Iceland" title="Founding of the Republic of Iceland" class="mw-redirect">established the Republic of Iceland</a> in its place.<sup id="cite_ref-Van_Cleaf_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Van_Cleaf-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Origins_of_Danish_rule"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Origins of Danish rule</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Establishment_of_the_Kingdom"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Establishment of the Kingdom</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#World_War_II_and_the_establishment_of_the_Republic"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">World War II and the establishment of the Republic</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Flags"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Flags</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Bibliography"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Bibliography</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Origins_of_Danish_rule">Origins of Danish rule</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins of Danish rule">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iceland" title="History of Iceland">History of Iceland</a></div> <p>Iceland had been under the control of the <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Denmark" title="Monarchy of Denmark">Crown of Denmark</a> since 1380, although formally it had been a <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_possessions_of_Norway" title="List of possessions of Norway">Norwegian possession</a> until 1814. In 1874, one thousand years after the first <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_Iceland" title="Settlement of Iceland">acknowledged settlement</a>, Denmark granted Iceland <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_rule" title="Home rule">home rule</a>. The constitution, written the same year, was revised in 1903 and the extent of Iceland's home rule increased in 1904. A <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_Iceland" title="Minister for Iceland">minister for Icelandic affairs</a>, residing in <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a>, was made responsible to the <i><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing" title="Althing">Althing</a></i>, the Icelandic parliament.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Establishment_of_the_Kingdom">Establishment of the Kingdom</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Establishment of the Kingdom">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%E2%80%93Icelandic_Act_of_Union" title="Danish–Icelandic Act of Union">Danish–Icelandic Act of Union</a></div> <p>On 1 December 1918, the <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%E2%80%93Icelandic_Act_of_Union" title="Danish–Icelandic Act of Union">Act of Union</a>, an agreement with Denmark, recognized Iceland as a fully <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign state</a> in <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_union" title="Personal union">personal union</a> with Denmark through a common <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">monarch</a>. The Kingdom of Iceland established its <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Iceland" title="Flag of Iceland">own flag</a> and <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland" title="Coat of arms of Iceland">coat of arms</a> and asked that Denmark represent its foreign affairs and defence interests. The Act would be reviewed in 1940 and could be revoked three years later if agreement to continue it could not be reached.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="World_War_II_and_the_establishment_of_the_Republic">World War II and the establishment of the Republic</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II and the establishment of the Republic">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main articles: <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_during_World_War_II" title="Iceland during World War II" class="mw-redirect">Iceland during World War II</a>, <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81standi%C3%B0" title="Ástandið">Ástandið</a> and <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_of_the_Republic_of_Iceland" title="Founding of the Republic of Iceland" class="mw-redirect">Founding of the Republic of Iceland</a></div> <p>The German <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark_in_World_War_II" title="Denmark in World War II">occupation of Denmark</a> on 9 April 1940 severed communications between Iceland and Denmark.<sup id="cite_ref-Halfdanarson_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halfdanarson-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> As a result, on 10 April, the Althing passed two <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_(law)" title="Resolution (law)">resolutions</a> investing the Icelandic cabinet with the power of <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> and declaring that Iceland would accept full responsibility for both <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_affairs" title="Foreign affairs" class="mw-redirect">foreign affairs</a> and coastal surveillance. A year later, on 15 May 1941 the Althing adopted a law creating the position of <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">regent</a> for <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinn_Bj%C3%B6rnsson" title="Sveinn Björnsson">Sveinn Björnsson</a> in order to represent the monarchy.<sup id="cite_ref-Halfdanarson_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halfdanarson-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> During the first year of <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Iceland strictly enforced a position of <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrality_(international_relations)" title="Neutrality (international relations)" class="mw-redirect">neutrality</a> and took action against both <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">British</a> and <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">German forces</a> that violated it. On 10 May 1940, <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland" title="Invasion of Iceland">Operation "Fork"</a> was launched by the United Kingdom when military forces sailed into Reykjavík harbour and began an invasion of Iceland.<sup id="cite_ref-Halfdanarson_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halfdanarson-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> The government of Iceland issued a protest against what it called a "flagrant violation" of Icelandic neutrality. On the day of the invasion, Prime Minister <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_J%C3%B3nasson" title="Hermann Jónasson">Hermann Jónasson</a> read a radio announcement instructing Icelanders to treat the British troops as guests. The <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> occupation of Iceland would last throughout the war.</p> <p>At its peak, Britain had approximately 25,000 troops stationed in Iceland, all but eliminating unemployment in Reykjavík and other strategically important places. In July 1941, it coerced the <i>Althing</i> into accepting an American–Icelandic defence agreement, passing responsibility for Iceland's defence to the <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Halfdanarson_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halfdanarson-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> As many as 40,000 American soldiers were then stationed on the island, outnumbering the native population of adult men. (Iceland's total native population during the war was approximately 120,000.)</p> <p>Following a <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_constitutional_referendum,_1944" title="Icelandic constitutional referendum, 1944">constitutional referendum in May 1944</a>, Iceland formally became an <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_of_the_Republic_of_Iceland" title="Founding of the Republic of Iceland" class="mw-redirect">independent republic</a> on 17 June 1944. Many Danes felt offended at its timing, as Denmark was still occupied by <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The deposed king in <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>, <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_X_of_Denmark" title="Christian X of Denmark">Kristján X</a>, nonetheless sent a message of congratulations to the Icelandic people.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Flags">Flags</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Flags">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Iceland" title="Flag of Iceland">Flag of Iceland</a> and <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flags_of_Iceland" title="List of flags of Iceland" class="mw-redirect">List of flags of Iceland</a></div> <center> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:32px auto;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg/120px-Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" width="120" height="86" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg/180px-Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg/240px-Light_Blue_Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="720"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Flag of Iceland (1915–1944)<sup id="cite_ref-Flag_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flag-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:41px auto;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:State_flag_of_Iceland_(1918%E2%80%931944).svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/State_flag_of_Iceland_%281918%E2%80%931944%29.svg/120px-State_flag_of_Iceland_%281918%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png" width="120" height="68" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/State_flag_of_Iceland_%281918%E2%80%931944%29.svg/180px-State_flag_of_Iceland_%281918%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/State_flag_of_Iceland_%281918%E2%80%931944%29.svg/240px-State_flag_of_Iceland_%281918%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>State Flag of Iceland (1915–1944)<sup id="cite_ref-Flag_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flag-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:32px auto;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_Iceland_(1921%E2%80%931944).svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_Iceland_%281921%E2%80%931944%29.svg/120px-Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_Iceland_%281921%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png" width="120" height="86" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_Iceland_%281921%E2%80%931944%29.svg/180px-Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_Iceland_%281921%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_Iceland_%281921%E2%80%931944%29.svg/240px-Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_Iceland_%281921%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="720"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Royal Standard (1921–1944)<sup id="cite_ref-Standard_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Standard-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:41px auto;"><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standard_of_the_Regent_of_Iceland_(1941%E2%80%931944).svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Standard_of_the_Regent_of_Iceland_%281941%E2%80%931944%29.svg/120px-Standard_of_the_Regent_of_Iceland_%281941%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png" width="120" height="68" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Standard_of_the_Regent_of_Iceland_%281941%E2%80%931944%29.svg/180px-Standard_of_the_Regent_of_Iceland_%281941%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150328053721im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Standard_of_the_Regent_of_Iceland_%281941%E2%80%931944%29.svg/240px-Standard_of_the_Regent_of_Iceland_%281941%E2%80%931944%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720"/></a></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Standard of the Regent (1941–1944)<sup id="cite_ref-Standard_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Standard-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </center> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobility_in_Iceland" title="Nobility in Iceland">Nobility in Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_independence_movement" title="Icelandic independence movement">Icelandic independence movement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_realm" title="Danish realm" class="mw-redirect">Danish realm</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Denmark" title="Constitution of Denmark">Constitution of Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic_independence" title="Greenlandic independence">Greenlandic independence</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese_independence" title="Faroese independence" class="mw-redirect">Faroese independence</a></li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150328053721/http://www.statice.is/?PageID=1170&src=/temp_en/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=MAN00000%26ti=Population+-+key+figures+1703-2011++++++%26path=../Database/mannfjoldi/Yfirlit/%26lang=1%26units=Number">Statistics of Iceland</a>. Retrieved on 18 March 2014.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-Halfdanarson-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Halfdanarson_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Halfdanarson_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Halfdanarson_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Halfdanarson_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Halfdanarson_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation book">Halfdanarson, Gudmundur Halfdanarson (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150328053721/http://books.google.com/?id=kDrZWBMGJ8wC&pg=PR23&dq=Monarchy+of+Iceland+1918#v=onepage&q=Monarchy%20of%20Iceland%201918&f=false"><i>The A to Z of Iceland</i></a>. Scarecrow Press. pp. 23–25. <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0810872080" title="Special:BookSources/0810872080">0810872080</a>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKingdom+of+Iceland&rft.aufirst=Gudmundur+Halfdanarson&rft.au=Halfdanarson%2C+Gudmundur+Halfdanarson&rft.aulast=Halfdanarson&rft.btitle=The+A+to+Z+of+Iceland&rft.date=2010&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2F%3Fid%3DkDrZWBMGJ8wC%26pg%3DPR23%26dq%3DMonarchy%2Bof%2BIceland%2B1918%23v%3Donepage%26q%3DMonarchy%2520of%2520Iceland%25201918%26f%3Dfalse&rft.isbn=0810872080&rft.pages=23-25&rft.pub=Scarecrow+Press&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-Van_Cleaf-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Van_Cleaf_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation book">Van Cleaf, Kristin Van Cleaf (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150328053721/http://books.google.com/?id=zbhQoMd2jhcC&pg=PA7&dq=Monarchy+of+Iceland+1918#v=onepage&q=Monarchy%20of%20Iceland%201918&f=false"><i>Iceland</i></a>. ABDO. p. 7. <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1599287846" title="Special:BookSources/1599287846">1599287846</a>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKingdom+of+Iceland&rft.aufirst=Kristin+Van+Cleaf&rft.aulast=Van+Cleaf&rft.au=Van+Cleaf%2C+Kristin+Van+Cleaf&rft.btitle=Iceland&rft.date=2007&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2F%3Fid%3DzbhQoMd2jhcC%26pg%3DPA7%26dq%3DMonarchy%2Bof%2BIceland%2B1918%23v%3Donepage%26q%3DMonarchy%2520of%2520Iceland%25201918%26f%3Dfalse&rft.isbn=1599287846&rft.pages=7&rft.pub=ABDO&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-Flag-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Flag_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flag_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150328053721/https://flagspot.net/flags/is-hist.html#1915">Iceland – Flag History</a> at <i><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_World" title="Flags of the World">Flags of the World</a></i>. Retrieved on 18 March 2014.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-Standard-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Standard_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Standard_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150328053721/https://flagspot.net/flags/is-royal.html#royal">Iceland – Royal Standard</a> at <i><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_World" title="Flags of the World">Flags of the World</a></i>. Retrieved on 18 March 2014.</span></li> </ol> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Bibliography">Bibliography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingdom_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bibliography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150328053721/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/281235/Iceland/10100/Home-rule-and-sovereignty-1904-44">"Iceland, Home Rule and Sovereignty (1904–44)"</a> at <i><a href="/web/20150328053721/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. 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