Jón Gnarr

Comedian and the former mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland. He’s the author of the book “Gnarr! How I Became Mayor of a Large City in Iceland and Changed the World.”

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Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician who became the Mayor of Iceland's capital city Reykjavík on 15 June 2010, and stepped down on 16 June 2014.

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