Iceland Voted Its Danish King Out in 1944
20th Century

Iceland Voted Its Danish King Out in 1944

A single Danish law, never officially repealed, kept Iceland a colony on paper—until a vote held at a sheep farm changed that forever.

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IcelandWorld War IIIndependenceNordic HistoryColonialismGeopoliticsNorth AtlanticDiplomacy

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