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    Bessastaðir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpɛsːaˌstaːðɪr̥]) is the official residence of the president of Iceland. It is situated in Álftanes (Garðabær Municipality)...
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    term-limited, and has limited powers. The presidential residence is situated in Bessastaðir in Garðabær, near the capital city Reykjavík. When Iceland became a republic...
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    captured two ships and looted a third one. The ships then sailed to Bessastaðir (home of the Danish-Norwegian governor of Iceland) to raid but were unable...
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    Garðabær (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkarðaˌpaiːr̥] ) is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland. Garðabær is a growing town in the Capital...
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     1995; div. 1996)​ Eliza Jean Reid ​ (m. 2004)​ Children 5 Residence Bessastaðir Alma mater University of Warwick (BA) University of Iceland (MA) St Antony's...
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    During the Reykjavík Summit, President Ronald Reagan walks with Vigdis at Bessastaðir...
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    The town contains the official residence of the President of Iceland, Bessastaðir. The town is home to the Ungmennafélag Álftaness multi-sport club. "Merger...
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  • merchant ship that was passing.[citation needed] The ships sailed to Bessastaðir, seat of the Danish governor of Iceland, to raid, but were unable to...
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  • Presidential Mansion, Athens Hungary Sándor Palace, Budapest Iceland Bessastaðir, Álftanes Republic of Ireland Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin Italy Quirinal...
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    1786, but poor housing conditions forced it to move again in 1805 to Bessastaðir near Reykjavík. In 1846 the school was moved to its current location...
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    Pétursson and Tómas Sæmundsson. All four were Icelanders who had studied at Bessastaðir and the University of Copenhagen. They all contributed to the publication...
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    At Grandinn when driving from Garðabær to Álftanes is a crossroads. Bessastaðir is to the right, Suðurnesvegur to the left and Norðurnesvegur straight...
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    what is known as the Turkish Abductions. Their ships then sailed to Bessastaðir, home of the Danish-Norwegian governor of Iceland, to raid but were unable...
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    Peace2000.[citation needed] In 1996, he distributed the book The Use of Bessastaðir to every household in Iceland. Ástþór has at various points been critical...
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  • retained as Historical Museum of Budapest and Hungarian National Gallery) Bessastaðir (President) Rashtrapati Bhavan (President) Rashtrapati Ashiana (President...
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    Hallgrímur obtained a stipend for him to study at Bessastaðir. In 1831, Konráð finished his education at Bessastaðir and travelled to Denmark to study at the University...
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  • Retrieved 23 June 2016. Hauksdóttir, G. "Majority supports a gay couple at Bessastaðir | IceNews – Daily News". Retrieved 23 June 2016. "Jón Gnarr býður sig...
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  • 1786, but poor housing conditions forced it to move again in 1805 to Bessastaðir near Reykjavík. In 1846 the school was moved to its current location...
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    15, 1820 – November 27, 1896), Icelandic poet and editor, was born in Bessastaðir in 1820. He was the son of Þorgrímur Tómasson, a goldsmith. In 1837,...
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  • Iceland from 1846 till 1866. Thordersen graduated from the Latin school at Bessastaðir in 1813. He moved to Copenhagen in 1814 and graduated in theology in...
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    studied there for two years, and won a scholarship to attend the school at Bessastaðir for a further six. After passing his final examinations in 1829, Jónas...
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  • Guðmundsson was born at Olafsvellir, Iceland. He matriculated in 1814 from Bessastaðir before moving to Copenhagen in 1824 to study theology at the University...
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    Icelandic naturalist, poet, illustrator, and author. Gröndal was born in Bessastaðir, which was then a Latin school. His father, Sveinbjörn Egilsson, was...
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    Icelandic folktales. Jón Árnason was educated at the Latin School in Bessastaðir. From 1848 to 1887, he was the first librarian at what became the National...
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  • 49 Reykjavík Airport 415 Álftanesvegur 40 416 416 Bessastaðavegur 415 Bessastaðir 417 Bláfjallavegur 1 next to Sandskeið 42 418 Bústaðavegur 40 49 420...
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  • Háskólabíó(co-designed by Guðmundur Kr. Kristinsson) and the re-designed of Bessastaðir(the official residence of the President of Iceland) in the style of Danish...
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  • Health on March 18 1760 by a royal decree. As such, he first lived in Bessastaðir and later in Nes on Seltjarnarnes, where he died in 1779 at the age of...
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  • considered very expensive and is seen in many official buildings such as Bessastaðir (the presidential residence) and Alþingishúsið in Reykjavík. Many Icelanders...
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    Russian military intervention in Syria. Iceland Langjökull, Reykjavík, Bessastadir 16 October President Hollande travelled to Iceland in order to attend...
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  • Iceland. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2015. Vilhjálmur Þ. Gíslason, Bessastaðir: Þættir úr sögu höfuðbóls. Akureyri. 1947 Þorvarðardóttir, Ólína (2001)...
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