2013 in Iceland

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See also:	Other events of 2013 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 2013 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
• Prime Minister – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (until 23 May), Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (starting 23 May)

Events

January

• January 31 - Icelandic teenager Blaer Bjarkardottir wins a legal fight to use the name given to her by her mother, which the Icelandic Naming Committee had argued was not a proper female given name.

February

• February 27 - Gæðakokkar 30% meat pie on Iceland is found to not contain any meat at all.

April

• April 27 - Voters in Iceland go to the polls for a parliamentary election with a centre-right coalition expected to regain office.

May

• May 22 - Prime Minister elect of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, declares that a January decision to freeze European Union membership talks will be extended indefinitely.

December

• December 12 - Four former Icelandic bank bosses are jailed over concealing illegal activities within the bank Kaupthing.

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