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Björn Jónsson (October 8 1846 - November 24 1912) was Prime Minister of Iceland from 31 March 1909 to 14 March 1911. He was father of Sveinn Björnsson, the only governor and first president of Iceland. Jónsson became minister of Iceland after Mr. Hannes Hafstein and his supporters suffered bad outocome in the elections of 1908, where the voters opposed to the draft of new constitution. Jónsson was forced to resign after forceing the General Director of the National Bank, Mr. Tryggvi Gunnarsson, out of that post due to heavy critsim of their supporters. Jónsson and other opponents of the Draft won landslide victory in the elections of 1908.

Mr. Jónsson was commonly known for the paper he edited, Ísafold, from 1874 to 1909, and was known as Björn í Ísafold or Ísafoldar Björn. Mr. Offended the Danish Authorities in 1909 by appointing a Councilor of Commerce to work on business negotions for Iceland, when he appointed his supporter Bjarni Jónsson frá Vogi, to that post. The Danish Autorities stated that appointing such councilor was not in harmony with a common foreign policy of Denmark and Iceland.

Björn got the Alcohol prohibiton accepted on Alþingi.

Preceded by Hannes Hafstein	Prime Minister of Iceland 1909–1911	Succeeded by Kristján Jónsson

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 '''Björn Jónsson''' ([[October 8]] [[1846]] - [[November 24]] [[1912]]) was [[Prime Minister of Iceland|Prime Minister]] of [[Iceland]] from [[31 March]] [[1909]] to [[14 March]] [[1911]]. He was father of [[Sveinn Björnsson]], the only governor and first president of Iceland. Jónsson became minister of Iceland after Mr. [[Hannes Hafstein]] and his supporters suffered bad outocome in the elections of 1908, where the voters opposed to the draft of new constitution. Jónsson was forced to resign after forceing the General Director of the National Bank, Mr. Tryggvi Gunnarsson, out of that post due to heavy critsim of their supporters. Jónsson and other opponents of the Draft won landslide victory in the elections of 1908.
-Mr. Jónsson was commonly known for the paper he edited, Ísafold, from 1874 to 1909, and was known as Björn í Ísafold or Ísafoldar Björn. Mr. Offended the Danish Authorities in 1909 by appointing a Councilor of Commerce to work on buisness negotions for Iceland, when he appointed his supporter Bjarni Jónsson frá Vogi, to that post. The Danish Autorities stated that appointing such councilor was not in harmony with a common foreign policy of Denmark and Iceland.
+Mr. Jónsson was commonly known for the paper he edited, Ísafold, from 1874 to 1909, and was known as Björn í Ísafold or Ísafoldar Björn. Mr. Offended the Danish Authorities in 1909 by appointing a Councilor of Commerce to work on business negotions for Iceland, when he appointed his supporter Bjarni Jónsson frá Vogi, to that post. The Danish Autorities stated that appointing such councilor was not in harmony with a common foreign policy of Denmark and Iceland.
 Björn got the Alcohol prohibiton accepted on Alþingi.
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