Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of downtown Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand." Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme.

Today we are joined by Haukur Mar Helgason, an author, writer, editor etc. to discuss the complex legacy of former Prime Minister of Iceland, David Oddsson, who died on March 1st this year. Haukur's feature on David's legacy can be found in the latest issue of The Reykjavík Grapevine, see here:
https://grapevine.is/mag/2026/03/06/the-last-king-of-iceland-coming-to-terms-with-david-oddssons-legacy/

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