# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjorn-or-arson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:51.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjorn-or-arson"
name: "Björn Þórðarson"
slug: "bjorn-or-arson"
description: "Björn Þórðarson 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."
tagline: "Prime Minister of Iceland (1879-1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bj%C3%B6rn_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1879-02-06"
deathDate: "1963-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.300795978215334
  historical:           15.27966266666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump