List of Icelandic rulers
Rulers of
Iceland from
1262 to
1944, including the following:
Iceland was settled in the late 9th and early 10th centuries, principally by people of
Norwegian and other
Scandinavian origin. In
930, the ruling chiefs established a republican
constitution and an assembly called the
Althing - the oldest parliament in the world. Iceland remained independent until
1262, when it entered into a treaty which established a union with the Norwegian monarchy. It passed to Denmark in the late 14th century when Norway and Denmark were united under the Danish crown.
Rulers
See also: List of Presidents of Iceland,
List of Prime Ministers of Iceland,
List of Norwegian monarchs,
List of Danish monarchs,
List of Swedish monarchs,
Lists of incumbents
