Akureyri [SEP] head of government
, Social Democratic Alliance, and Progressive Party formed a new majority in the council. The new majority decided that Eiríkur Björn Björgvinsson, mayor of Akureyri since 2010, would continue to serve as mayor.
Administration Timeline of mayors.
- 1919–1934 - Jón Sveinsson
- 1934–1958 - Steinn Steinsen
- 1958–1967 - Magnús Guðjónsson
- 1967–1976 - Bjarni Einarsson
- 1976–1986 - Helgi M. Bergs
- 1986–1990 - Sigfús Jónsson
- 1990–1994 - Halldór Jónsson
- 1994–1998 - Jakob Björnsson
- 1998–2007 - Kristján Þór Júlíusson
of Dalvík for the Independence Party and remained in office until 1994 when he moved to Ísafjörður and took on the job of mayor there until 1997. In the 1998 municipal elections he ran for office in Akureyri and has since been credited for the increased support for the Independence Party in Akureyri at the expense of the Progressive Party, which had been the most powerful in Akureyri for decades. From 1998 to 2006 Kristján was head of a coalition between the Independence Party and the Progressive Party but in the current term the Independence Party forms