This has not happened since the republic was founded in 1944, but in 1942 regent Sveinn Björnsson, who had been installed in that position by the Althing in 1941, appointed a non-parliamentary government.
Dette er ikke sket, siden Island i 1944 blev republik, men i 1942 udpegede regenten Sveinn Björnsson, som Altinget havde tildelt denne post året forinden, en ikke-parlamentarisk regering.