President Olafur Grimsson of Iceland

The two presidents were visiting the Special Olympics International Summer Games in Shanghai, but President Grimsson is a board member of the Special Olympics.

Grimsson had until recently been the leader of the socialist People's Alliance, a political party which has made the expulsion of the military in Keflavik a pillar of its platform, and here he was handing out honors to the commander-inchief, albeit without having much say in the matter.

Grimsson has been active in the organization, Parliamentarians for Global Action, which has sponsored international initiatives.

3% said negative advertising against Grimsson had made them vote for him.

Grimsson has been a controversial politician.

Grimsson has often been a man of harsh words but during the campaign voters witnessed a different, more subdued side of him.

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson is the current President of Iceland.

President Grimsson discusses ten new security issues facing the world because of climate change, including increased drought, flooding, and migration, and the opening up of new sea routes caused by the melting of the Arctic ice.

Iceland President Olafur Grimsson discusses wind power and the value of combining different clean energy sources--solar, wind, geothermal--within the same power system.

Grimsson said the leaders of the two countries have been long maintaining close exchanges and bilateral friendship and cooperation have kept deepening.

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Since first being elected in 1996, Grimsson has been a passionate advocate of international cooperation in combating climate change.

Here's what President Grimsson had to say about the Iceland experience at the Principal Voices debate on the Economics of Energy.

When Olafur Ragnar Grimsson took office as the fifth president of Iceland this summer one of his first official duties was to award the Knight's Cross, one of Iceland's highest honors.

Grimsson is a man not averse to photo-opportunities but this affair was somewhat hush-hush.

Grimsson had until recently been the leader of the socialist People's Alliance, a political.

Grimsson said Iceland will never pursue membership.

For US in Iceland that is no surprise," Grimsson said of the weather.

Grimsson said because of Iceland's independent presence.

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson was sworn in for his fourth term as the president of Iceland on the 01.

Following the visit, Grimsson said he was impressed with the area’s recent developments.

Grimsson is Icelands 5th president and was first elected in 1996 with 40.

Grimsson is married to Dorrit Moussaieff and has two children from a previous marriage.

For his part, Grimsson expressed his country’s desire to develop its relations with Jordan.

Throughout the day, President Grimsson met with FAS Professor Charles Langmuir to discuss Geochemistry, and attended HBS Professor Michael Porter's class, Microeconomics and Competitiveness, after which he made remarks and answered questions from students.

Coming from a country where the effects of climate change can be readily seen in melting glaciers and quickening ice floes, Grimsson says that he is encouraged by fundamental changes in global opinion on future energy.

It's a dramatic scene, and if Icelandic President Olafur Grimsson has his way, it will be the stage for the next big advance against global warming.

to look for new friends, President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson was quoted in a Norwegian diplomatic report obtained by the Norwegian Klassekampen newspaper.

President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson is the head of state for Iceland.