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Headline: Reykjavik’s revolting trawlermen Source: euromoney.com Date: June 2001 For a nation of such a small population – just under 280,000 – Icelanders have managed to achieve a remarkable amount of firsts. The world’s first national parliament, the Althingi, was established in 930 AD after a group of pagans from Norway had travelled to Iceland in search of freedom from the oppressive but impressively named King Harald Fairhair. The world’s first elected female head of state, Vigdís Finnbógadottir gained office in Iceland in 1980. |
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