The President of Iceland
This is the English version of the official web site of the President of Iceland. Here you will find information about the Presidency, about President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and the First Lady, Dorrit Moussaieff, a selection of speeches by the President in English and other foreign languages, and other relevant information.
The Icelandic version of the web site contains more details about the activities of the President, speeches in Icelandic, a collection of press releases and various other materials.
07 March 2010
Today and yesterday he President has been interviewed by several local and foreign mass media about the national referendum and on the state of the Icesave negotiations between Iceland, the UK, and the Netherlands. Among the media are Iceland's State Broadcasting Service, two Dutch television programs, Bloomberg TV, Financial Times, BBC TV and BBC World Service, the Ritzau and APN news agencies, and CNN (Richard Quest).
21 January 2010
Speech by President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at the Closing Ceremony of the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.
14 January 2010
An Address by President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at the State Dinner hosted by the President of India H.E. Pratibha Patil.
14 January 2010
An Address by President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson on receiving The Nehru Award in Delhi, India.
5 January 2010
Declaration by the President of Iceland regarding the Icesave law.
Official translation.
Also:
Official translation of the Statement from 2 September 2009.
1 January 2010
New Years Address, delivered by President Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson on the
State Broadcasting Television (RÚV).
10 December 2009
A speech at Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center:
Soil as the New Soldier in Fighting Climate Change: Iceland’s Lessons for World Sustainability.
7 December 2009
A Keynote speech at the UNIDO General Conference, Vienna.
1 October 2009
Opening address of the Althingi.
17 September 2009
Opening address at the World Energy Council annual conference.
10 September 2009
Opening address at an International Conference on Polar Law and Climate Change held at the University of Akureyri.
7 September 2009 Address at the Carbon Capture and Storage Conference in Hellisheiðarvirkjun.
6 July 2009
Address at the Commemoration of the Millennium of Lithuania.
26 June 2009
Opening speech at the Congress of the International Hydropower Association.
15 May 2009
Address delivered on behalf of the President at
EVS24: Towards Zero Emission in Stavanger, Norway.
10 February 2009
Statement to German media, regarding Kaupthing depositors.
1 January 2009
New Year Address, delivered by President Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson on the State Broadcasting Television (RÚV).
30 August 2008
Closing speech at an international symposium on climate change and food security in South Asia (Dhaka, Bangladesh).
1 August 2008
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is inaugurated as President of Iceland for his fourth term. The ceremony will start with a church service in the cathredal in the centre of Reykjavik and then the inauguration will take place in the Parliament House, Alþingi. The President of the Supreme Court will deliver the testimony for the next term, followed by a speech by the President. The ceremony will be attended by the ministers of the government, judges of the Supreme Court, members of the Parliament, ambassadors and high officials as well as the family of the president.
Inaugural speech in English translation.
16 June 2008
President Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson's
Keynote speech at a conference on "Small States - Emerging Power? The Larger Role of Smaller States in the 21st Century".
11 April 2008
President Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson delivers a speech in Andorra:
The 21st Century: The Reniassance of Small States in Global Business, Innovation and Partnerships.
1 April 2008
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson delivers a speech at Carnegie Council in New York. Title:
Climate change and New Security Issues.
Listen to the speech.
11-13 March 2008
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson makes a State Visit to Mexico. President Grimsson's speech at the State Luncheon held by the President of Mexico Felipe Calderón Hinojosa.
Speech in English.
Speech in Spanish. President Grímsson's Speech at a Welcoming Ceremony at the Palacio Nacional.
Speech in English.
Speech in Spanish.
Pictures 11 March.
Pictures 13 March.
21 February 2008
How to Prevent Climate Change: Roadmap to Success. A speech by President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at the United Nations Headquarters, New York.
23 January 2008
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson makes a State Visit to the State of Qatar.
Photographs
21 January 2008
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson's
opening Address at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.
Photographs
5 November 2007
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson's Lecture: The Challenge of Climate Change: Iceland - A Laboratory for Global Solutions, at ASA - CSSA - SSSA 2007 International Annual Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Listen to lecture
15 October 2007
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson addresses the Arctic Energy Summit in Anchorage Alaska.
2 October 2007
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson has a meeting with China's President Hu Jintao in Shanghai. The two presidents were visiting the Special Olympics International Summer Games in Shanghai, but President Grimsson is a board member of the Special Olympics.
26 September 2007
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson testifies in a US Senate hearing about geothermal energy, describing its value for the economy of Iceland and the role it can play in fighting climate change.
19 September 2007
President Grimsson makes a State Visit to Romania.
4 September 2007
President Grimsson makes a Celebratory Speech at the International forum "Soils, Society and Global Change" held at Selfoss.
Speech.
3 August 2007
The President sends a
message to a dedication cerimony of the
Thingvalla Church in North-Dakota, U.S.A.
4-7 June 2007
The President and the First Lady attend the the XIIth Games of the Small States of Europe in Monaco. The President had a meeting with Albert II on 6 June.
23-25 February 2007
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and First Lady Dorrit Moussaieff attend festivities in Norway in honour of King Harald V's 70th birthday.
Pictures.
20 February 2007
The President of Djibouti, H.E. Ismael Omar Guelleh pays a visit to Iceland at the invitation of the President of Iceland.
Pictures.
9 February 2007
Press release on the occasion of President Grimsson's visit to Denmark, 9 February 2007 (in Danish).
Pictures.