Jón Þorláksson [SEP] position held
Jón Þorláksson
Jón Þorláksson (3 March 1877 – 20 March 1935) was Prime Minister of Iceland from 8 July 1926 to 28 August 1927. He was the only leader of the Conservative Party ("Íhaldsflokkurinn") which merged with the Liberal Party to form the Independence Party in 1929, and the Mayor of Reykjavík from 1933 to his death.
Career.
Jón Þorláksson (usually transcribed Thorlaksson) was a farmer’s son, from Vesturhópshólar in Húnavatnssýsla in the northwest of Iceland. He and his two sisters and
). "Björk" is how any Icelander would address her, whether formally or casually.
In the case of two people in the same group having the same given name, perhaps one named Jón Stefánsson and the other Jón Þorláksson, one could address Jón Stefánsson as "Jón Stefáns" and Jón Þorláksson as "Jón Þorláks". When someone holds a conversation with these two people at the same time, the appendage "son" would not need to be used; in that case, the genitive form of the