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Presidential election in Iceland
2024 Icelandic presidential election
Presidential elections are due to be held in
Iceland on 1 June 2024.
[1]
[2] Incumbent president
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has announced he will not be seeking a third term.
[1]
Background
The
previous presidential elections on 27 June 2020 saw incumbent president
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson re-elected for a second four-year term with 92% of the vote.
[3] The office of President is not term-limited; however, despite being eligible to serve a third term, Guðni announced in his New Year's address to the Icelandic people on 1 January 2024 that he would not stand for re-election again.
[4]
Electoral system
The
President of Iceland is directly elected by
first-past-the-post voting , with a simple
plurality of votes needed to win.
[5] Candidates must be Icelandic citizens and at least 35 years of age on election day.
[6]
Candidates
Prospective presidential candidates had until 26 April 2024 to collect more than 1,500 voter signatures to secure ballot access.
[7] 80 candidates sought voter signatures as of the deadline on 26 April 2024.
[8] The following individuals have received media attention for their potential candidacy for the position of president. On 29 April 2024, the National Electoral Commission announced which candidates had secured ballot access.
Confirmed candidates
[9]
Arnar Þór Jónsson [
is ] , lawyer and former judge
[10]
Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir , model and entrepreneur
[11]
Ástþór Magnússon , businessman,
peace activist , and
perennial candidate
[12]
Baldur Þórhallsson , Professor in Political Science
[13]
Eiríkur Ingi Jóhannsson [
is ] , engineer
[14]
Halla Hrund Logadóttir [
is ] , Icelandic Energy Commissioner and adjunct lecturer at
Harvard University
[15]
Halla Tómasdóttir , operational economist, teacher and candidate in the
2016 presidential election
[16]
Helga Þórisdóttir [
is ] , Data Protection Commissioner
[17]
Jón Gnarr , actor, comedian, and former
Mayor of Reykjavík
[18]
Katrín Jakobsdóttir , former
Prime Minister of Iceland
[19]
[20]
Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir , actress, TV show host, producer and writer
[21]
[22]
Withdrew or failed to get ballot access
These candidates failed to collect enough signatures before the deadline expired.
Agnieszka Sokolowska, project manager at the Capital Region Fire Service.
[23]
Angela Snæfellsjökuls Rawlings , artist-researcher, on behalf of "Snæfellsjökul fyrir forseta", a geocultural intervention to nominate the non-human candidate
Snæfellsjökull .
[24]
Axel Pétur Axelsson,
conspiracy theorist
[25]
Guðbergur Guðbergsson, real estate agent and former stunt man
[26]
Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson , former electrician and the world's first double-arm and shoulder transplant receiver
[27]
Húni Húnfjörð , business administrator, teacher and former basketball player
[28]
Kári Vilmundarson Hansen, disc jockey. Endorsement list declared invalid on 29 April.
[9]
Margrét Friðriksdóttir, editor. Withdrew on 28 March after seeking voter signatures for five days.
[29]
Sigríður Hrund Pétursdóttir, investor. Withdrew on 26 April.
[30]
Tómas Logi Hallgrímsson, rescue worker. Declared on 5 January and withdrew on 20 March (endorsed
Baldur Þórhallsson )
[31]
[32]
Viktor Traustason, economist. Endorsement list declared invalid on 29 April.
[9]
Declined
Alma Möller ,
Director of Health
[33]
[34]
Andri Snær Magnason , writer and a candidate in the
2016 presidential election
[35]
Björgvin Páll Gústavsson , handball player
[36]
Björn Zoëga , CEO
Karolinska University Hospital
[37]
[38]
Dagur B. Eggertsson , former
Mayor of Reykjavík
[39]
Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson , businessman and a candidate in the
2020 presidential election
[40]
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson ,
President of Iceland from 2016 to 2024
[41]
Gylfi Þór Þorsteinsson, team manager of the
Icelandic Red Cross 's fundraising and promotion department
[42]
[43]
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir , former leader of the
Social Democratic Alliance ,
Minister for Foreign Affairs , and
Mayor of Reykjavík
[35]
Jakob Frímann Magnússon , musical artist and
MP for the
People’s Party
[44]
Magnús Geir Þórðarson, artistic director of the
National Theatre of Iceland
[35]
Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson , businessman and writer
[45]
Páll Pálsson, real estate agent
[46]
[47]
Róbert Spanó , former President of the
European Court of Human Rights
[48]
Víðir Reynisson , police officer and the Chief superintendent of the
Office of the National Commissioner of the Police
[49]
Þorgrímur Þráinsson , writer
[35]
Þórólfur Guðnason , doctor who serverd as the Chief Epidemiologist of the Icelandic Directorate of Health
[50]
Þóra Arnórsdóttir , documentary film maker, media personality and a candidate in the
2012 presidential election
[35]
Opinion polls
Candidates
Polling firm
Fieldwork date
Agnieszka Sokolowska
Arnar Þór Jónsson
Axel Pétur Axelsson
Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir
Ástþór Magnússon
Baldur Þórhallsson
Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson
Halla Hrund Logadóttir
Halla Tómasdóttir
Helga Þórisdóttir
Jón Gnarr
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Tómas Logi Hallgrímsson
Sigríður Hrund Pétursdóttir
Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir
Others
Don't know/Undecided
Prósent
23–28 Apr 2024
–
2.7
–
1.9
0.5
25.0
–
28.5
3.9
0.2
16.0
18.0
–
–
2.3
–
–
Maskína
22–26 Apr 2024
–
3.3
–
1.5
0.5
21.2
0.5
26.2
4.1
0.2
15.2
25.4
–
–
1.2
0.1
–
Gallup
17–22 Apr 2024
–
3
–
–
–
28
–
16
4
–
15
31
–
–
1
1
–
Prósent
16–21 Apr 2024
–
2.8
–
1.1
1.1
27.2
0.9
18.0
5.8
0.1
17.2
23.8
–
–
2.1
–
–
Maskína
12–16 Apr 2024
–
3.8
–
1.3
0.9
24.0
0.3
10.5
6.7
–
18.9
31.4
–
0.1
1.8
0.2
–
Prósent
9–14 Apr 2024
–
2.9
–
0.8
0.4
25.8
0.4
10.6
4.3
0.4
16.8
22.1
–
0.1
2.9
–
10.0
Gallup
5–11 Apr 2024
–
4
–
2
1
26
–
4
7
–
18
30
–
–
2
6
–
Maskína
5–8 Apr 2024
–
3.2
–
–
0.6
26.7
0.2
5.7
7.3
0.4
19.6
32.9
–
0.5
1.9
1.0
–
Prósent
20–27 Mar 2024
1
5
–
4
2
37
–
–
15
–
–
–
–
1
–
2
34
Prósent
16–24 Jan 2024
–
6
1
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
8
–
–
77
Potential candidates
Polling firm
Date
Arnar Þór Jónsson
Baldur Þórhallsson
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
Halla Hrund Logadóttir
Halla Tómasdóttir
Helga Erla Þórisdóttir
Jón Gnarr
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson
Others/Undecided
Prósent
28 Mar–3 Apr 2024
4
27
–
4
10
1
17
17
–
19
Gallup
Jan 2024
4
–
14
–
6
–
–
9
7
60
References