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Presidential elections are due to be held in Iceland on 1 June 2024.[1][2] Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has announced he will not be seeking a third term.[1]
The previous presidential elections on 27 June 2020 saw incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson re-elected for a second four-year term with 92% of the vote.[3] The office of President is not term-limited; however, despite being eligible to serve a third term, Guðni announced in his New Year's address to the Icelandic people on 1 January 2024 that he would not stand for re-election again.[4]
The President of Iceland is directly elected by first-past-the-post voting, with a simple plurality of votes needed to win.[5] Candidates must be Icelandic citizens and at least 35 years of age on election day.[6]
Prospective presidential candidates had until 26 April 2024 to collect more than 1,500 voter signatures to secure ballot access. 80 candidates sought voter signatures as of the deadline on 26 April 2024. The following individuals have received media attention for their potential candidacy for the position of president. On 29 April 2024, the National Electoral Commission announced which candidates had secured ballot access.
Below is a list of verified candidates.
Candidate | Office(s) | Campaign logo | Details | ||
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Name (Age) |
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Arnar Þór Jónsson (53) |
Former Deputy MP for the Independence Party (2021–2024) |
Arnar Þór is a lawyer and former judge who holds the right to speak before the Supreme Court of Iceland. He resigned his seat in the Althing and his membership with the Independence Party to run for President.[7] | |||
Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir (44) |
None |
Ásdís Rán is a model and entrepreneur. She worked as a television producer in the 1990s.[8] | |||
Ástþór Magnússon (70) |
None | Ástþór is a businessman, activist, and perennial candidate, having run for President of Iceland in 1996, 2004, 2012, and 2016 — he had planned to run in 2000, but failed to get the necessary qualifying signatures. He is known for his Pro-Russian views.[9][10] | |||
Baldur Þórhallsson (56) |
Former Deputy MP for the Social Democratic Alliance (2009–2013) |
Baldur is a political science professor at the University of Iceland. He was previously a deputy member of the Althing for the Social Democratic Alliance.[11] | |||
Eiríkur Ingi Jóhannsson (47) |
None | Eiríkur Ingi is a fisherman who survived a sea disaster in 2012.[12] | |||
Halla Hrund Logadóttir (43) |
Director of Energy Affairs at Orkustofnun (since 2021) |
Halla Hrund is the Director of Energy Affairs at the Icelandic Energy Agency, and is the first woman to hold the position. She is also an adjunct professor at Harvard University in the United States.[13] | |||
Halla Tómasdóttir (55) |
None |
Halla is a businessperson who has been CEO of The B Team since 2018. She finished as runner-up to Guðni Th. Jóhannesson in the 2016 presidential election.[14] | |||
Helga Þórisdóttir (55) |
Data Protection Commissioner | Helga is the current Data Protection Commissioner and a former prosecutor.[15] | |||
Jón Gnarr (57) |
20th Mayor of Reykjavík (2010–2014)
Other offices
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Gnarr is an actor and comedian who served one term as Mayor of Reykjavík for the Best Party, where his election and tenure in office made international headlines. He joined the Social Democratic Alliance in 2017.[16] | |||
Katrín Jakobsdóttir (48) |
28th Prime Minister of Iceland (2017–2024) Other offices
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Katrín is the former Prime Minister of Iceland, the first member of the Left-Green Movement to hold that position, overseeing a coalition government including her party, the Independence Party, and the Progressive Party. She has been a member of the Althing since 2007, and was chair of her party from 2013 to 2024. She resigned both as chair of the Left-Green Movement and as Prime Minister to run for President.[17][18] | |||
Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir (54) |
None | Steinunn Ólína is an actress, TV show host, producer and writer.[19][20] | |||
Viktor Traustason (35) |
None | Viktor is an economist. His endorsement list was initially declared invalid, but later corrected and confirmed on 2 May.[21] |
These candidates failed to collect enough signatures before the deadline expired.
Polling firm | Fieldwork date | |||||||||||||
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Arnar Þór Jónsson | Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir | Ástþór Magnússon | Baldur Þórhallsson | Eiríkur Ingi Jóhannsson | Halla Hrund Logadóttir | Halla Tómasdóttir | Helga Þórisdóttir | Jón Gnarr | Katrín Jakobsdóttir | Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir |
Viktor Traustason | Others/Undecided | ||
Prósent | 7–12 May 2024 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 17.9 | 0.1 | 26.0 | 12.5 | 0.5 | 13.8 | 19.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | – |
Gallup | 3–9 May 2024 | 6 | – | – | 18 | – | 25 | 11 | – | 10 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Maskína | 30 Apr–8 May 2024 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 18.9 | 0.1 | 29.7 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 11.2 | 26.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | – |
EMC | 2–8 May 2024 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 21.8 | 0.3 | 29.1 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 13.0 | 22.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | – |
Prósent | 30 Apr–5 May 2024 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 20.4 | 0.2 | 29.7 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 14.7 | 21.3 | 1.9 | – | – |
Maskína | 22 Apr–3 May 2024 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 19.9 | 0.1 | 29.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 26.8 | 0.9 | – | – |
Gallup | 26 Apr–2 May 2024 | 3 | – | – | 19 | – | 36 | 4 | – | 10 | 23 | 2 | – | 2 |
Háskóli Íslands | 22–30 Apr 2024 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 23.6 | 0.1 | 27.6 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 29.9 | 1.3 | – | – |
Prósent | 23–28 Apr 2024 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 25.0 | – | 28.5 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 2.3 | – | – |
Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Agnieszka Sokolowska | Arnar Þór Jónsson | Axel Pétur Axelsson | Ásdís Rán Gunnarsdóttir | Ástþór Magnússon | Baldur Þórhallsson | Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson | Halla Hrund Logadóttir | Halla Tómasdóttir | Helga Þórisdóttir | Jón Gnarr | Katrín Jakobsdóttir | Tómas Logi Hallgrímsson | Sigríður Hrund Pétursdóttir | Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir | Others | Don't know/Undecided |
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Maskína | 22–26 Apr 2024 | – | 3.3 | – | 1.5 | 0.5 | 21.2 | 0.5 | 26.2 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 15.2 | 25.4 | – | – | 1.2 | 0.1 | – |
Gallup | 17–22 Apr 2024 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 28 | – | 16 | 4 | – | 15 | 31 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
Prósent | 16–21 Apr 2024 | – | 2.8 | – | 1.1 | 1.1 | 27.2 | 0.9 | 18.0 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 17.2 | 23.8 | – | – | 2.1 | – | – |
Maskína | 12–16 Apr 2024 | – | 3.8 | – | 1.3 | 0.9 | 24.0 | 0.3 | 10.5 | 6.7 | – | 18.9 | 31.4 | – | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.2 | – |
Prósent | 9–14 Apr 2024 | – | 2.9 | – | 0.8 | 0.4 | 25.8 | 0.4 | 10.6 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 16.8 | 22.1 | – | 0.1 | 2.9 | – | 10.0 |
Gallup | 5–11 Apr 2024 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | 26 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 18 | 30 | – | – | 2 | 6 | – |
Maskína | 5–8 Apr 2024 | – | 3.2 | – | – | 0.6 | 26.7 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 0.4 | 19.6 | 32.9 | – | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | – |
Prósent | 20–27 Mar 2024 | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | 2 | 37 | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 34 |
Prósent | 16–24 Jan 2024 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 8 | – | – | 77 |