Minister for Iceland

Minister for Iceland (Danish: Minister for Island) was a post in the Danish Cabinet for affairs with the Icelandic territory.

The post was established on 5 January 1874 as according to the Constitution of Iceland the executive power rested in the king of Denmark through the Danish cabinet. The post as Minister for Iceland was a part of the post as Justice Minister of Denmark until 1904 as The Constitutional Act of Iceland of 3 October 1903 stated that the Minister for Iceland had to be a resident of Reykjavík and be able to read and write Icelandic, and the minister was made responsible to the Icelandic Althing and Iceland obtained home rule. The post then became linked to the post as Prime Minister of Iceland.

In 1918, Denmark recognized Iceland as an independent and sovereign state in a personal union with Denmark—the Kingdom of Iceland—and the post was closed down on 30 November 1918.

List of Ministers for Iceland

1874–1904

Start of term	End of term	Name	Party
14 July 1874	11 June 1875	Christian Sophus Klein	National Liberal Party
11 June 1875	13 June 1896	Johannes Magnus Valdemar Nellemann	Højre
13 June 1896	28 August 1899	Nicolai Reimer Rump	Højre
28 August 1899	27 April 1900	Hugo Egmont Hørring	Højre
27 April 1900	24 July 1901	Carl Goos	Højre
24 July 1901	31 April 1904	Peter Adler Alberti	Venstre Reform Party

1904–1918

Start of term	End of term	Name
31 April 1904	31 March 1909	Hannes Hafstein
31 March 1909	14 March 1911	Björn Jónsson
14 March 1911	25 July 1912	Kristján Jónsson
25 July 1912	21 July 1914	Hannes Hafstein
21 July 1914	4 May 1915	Sigurður Eggerz
4 May 1915	4 January 1917	Einar Arnórsson
4 January 1917	28 August 1917	Jón Magnússon
		Björn Kristjansson
		Sigurður Jónsson
28 August 1917	30 November 1918	Jón Magnússon
		Sigurður Eggerz
		Sigurður Jónsson

References

• Dam, Poul (1996). Hvem var minister (3. edition). Aros. ISBN 87-7003-553-9. (Danish)
• Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A–Å. Aschehoug. ISBN 87-11-11652-8. (Danish)
• Sundbøl, Per (1978). Dansk Islandspolitik 1913-1918. Odense Universitetsforlag. ISBN 87-7492-246-7. (Danish)