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> Many of these people are seriously vying for president (yep, my aunt Helga), some of them have undoubtedly signed up as a joke (nope, not the comedian) Reykj

> Many of these people are seriously vying for president (yep, my aunt Helga), some of them have undoubtedly signed up as a joke (nope, not the comedian) Reykjavik had a comedian as mayor: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/15/jon-gnarr-comedian-mayor-iceland https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/15/jon-gnarr-come... His memoir was a good light read. Poignant and hilarious.

r00fus 2y ago
Comedians would actually make great politicians because the overlapping skillset is quite similar.
- p0ckets 2y ago
  Zelenskyy seems to have risen to the occasion.
  - r00fus 2y ago
    Also Al Franken was a US Senator.
joemi 2y ago
Pretty sure he's the same one mentioned vying for president. His name showed up in the list when I visited the page. (I will always love the fact that a prominent politician in Iceland used to be in the Sugarcubes with Bjork.)
arnarbi 2y ago
He's also the one running for president. https://grapevine.is/news/2024/04/03/comedian-and-former-reykjavik-mayor-jon-gnarr-announces-presidential-bid/ https://grapevine.is/news/2024/04/03/comedian-and-former-rey...