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Word: bjornsson (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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...stolid statesmen of Reykjavik, measured and dignified in all things, erected their new order with utmost constitutional correctness. Until a republic should be established, able, revered Svein Bjornsson, Icelandic envoy to Copenhagen, was named regent. There was no need to create a new diplomatic service: Iceland had already planted a set of stalwart Vikings in world capitals after the Nazis captured Denmark last year. As for protocol, Premier Hermann Jonasson had always got along with a staff of a secretary and a doorkeeper, and still could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ICELAND: New Republic | 6/2/1941 | See Source »

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