STATUS OF ICELAND
INDEPENDENT AGAIN
SEVERANCE FROM DENMARK
PARLIAMENT'S VOTE
(Rec. 9.45 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, May 20 Iceland has again become a wholly independent State, Mr. Finsen, the Charge d'Affaires, announced. Parliament has voted a severance of the union with Denmark which has operated since 1918. A Regent is being elected to take over the duties formerly exercised hy the King of Denmark. Mr. Finsen added that Iceland is devoted to the Danish Crown, but the present difficulties, mainly connected with communications, necessitate a severance.— U.P.A.
Iceland's status was changed to one of union with the Danish Crown in 1913, and has kept local rights and a local legislature. Iceland has been united with Denmark since 1381..
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 7
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116STATUS OF ICELAND Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 7
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