List of honorary citizens of Reykjavík

Among the recipients of the honorary citizenship of the City of Reykjavík, Iceland are:

Honorary Citizens of the City of Reykjavík

Date Name Notes Location
1961 Bjarni Jónsson Icelandic Mathematician and Logician
1975 Kristján Sveinsson Icelandic Ophthalmologist
2010 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir President of Iceland 1980-1996
2012 Erró Icelandic Visual artist and Painter
9 October 2013 Yoko Ono Japanese Peace Activist and Wife of John Lennon[1][2]
2015 Friðrik Ólafsson first Icelandic chess grandmaster[3]
14 January 2024 Bjork Icelandic musician, composer, activist, actress and entrepreneur

References

  1. ^ "Yoko Ono Made Honorary Citizen of Reykjavík". October 9, 2013.
  2. ^ "RUV: Yoko Ono awarded Honorary Citizenship of Reykjavik, Iceland - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  3. ^ Chess Grandmaster Honorary Citizen of Reykjavík, January 29, 2015, www.icelandreview.com