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.
Career
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 United States occupation during World World War World War II
Membership
Vilhjálmur Þór, from the Progressive Party, took on Standard Oil (SO = Esso), and Björn Ólafsson, later a member of the Alþingi, founded Vífilfell, the company that sells Coca Cola in Iceland.
