King of Iceland

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The King of Iceland was the constitutional monarch who served as the country's head of state before the establishment of the republic and the office of the president.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
monarchical office
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Iceland
appointed Prime Minister of Iceland
capital Reykjavík, Iceland
surface form: Reykjavík
constitutingInstrument Act of Union of 1918
Constitution of Iceland
surface form: Constitution of the Kingdom of Iceland
country Iceland
createdBy Act of Union between Denmark and Iceland
dissolvedBy Icelandic National Day
surface form: Icelandic constitutional referendum of 1944
endPointInTime 1944-06-17
firstMonarch Christian X of Denmark
followedBy President of Iceland
Kingdom of Iceland
surface form: Republic of Iceland
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
hadPowerTo accredit diplomats
appoint government officials
promulgate legislation
sign laws
languageOfTitle Danish
Icelandic
lastMonarch Christian X of Denmark
monarchFromHouse House of Glücksburg
monarchTitleUsedBy Christian X of Denmark
partOf personal union between Denmark and Iceland
precededBy Danish absolute monarchy over Iceland
reasonForAbolition proclamation of the Republic of Iceland
religion Lutheranism
representedInIcelandBy Minister of Iceland
Regent of Iceland
residence Amalienborg Palace
role guarantor of the constitution of Iceland
head of state of Iceland
symbolic representative of Iceland
shortDescription constitutional monarch and head of state of the Kingdom of Iceland from 1918 to 1944
startPointInTime 1918-12-01
status defunct office
style King of Denmark
surface form: King of Denmark and Iceland

King of Iceland self-link
successorOffice President of Iceland

Referenced by (7)

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President of Iceland predecessorOffice King of Iceland
Icelandic branch of the House of Glücksburg monarchStyle King of Iceland
this entity surface form: His Majesty the King of Iceland and Denmark
Christian X of Denmark positionHeld King of Iceland
Forseti Íslands predecessorOffice King of Iceland
King of Iceland style King of Iceland self-link
Sveinn Björnsson preceded by King of Iceland
this entity surface form: monarch of Iceland (Christian X of Denmark)