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About Björn Þórðarson
- Björn Þórðarson (Icelandic pronunciation: ?['pjœrtn? '?ourðars?n?]; 6 February 1879 – 25 October 1963) was Prime Minister of Iceland from 16 December 1942 to 21 October 1944, in the only government that did not rely on parliamentary support.
- He was prime minister when Iceland became a republic.
- His cabinet was named the Coca-Cola rule because two of its ministers started franchises of two big American companies during the US occupation during World War II.
- Vilhjálmur Þór, from the Progressive Party, took on Esso, and Björn Ólafsson, later a member of the Alþingi, founded Vífilfell, the company that sells Coca-Cola in Iceland.
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