Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson

{{Other people|Stefán Stefánsson}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{icelandic name|Stefán Jóhann}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Stefán Stefánsson

| image = Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson.jpg

| office = 14th Prime Minister of Iceland

| president = Sveinn Björnsson

| term_start = 4 February 1947

| term_end = 6 December 1949

| predecessor = Ólafur Thors

| successor = Ólafur Thors

| office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs

| term_start2 = 18 November 1941

| term_end2 = 17 January 1942

| primeminister2 = Hermann Jónasson

| predecessor2 = Position established

| successor2 = Ólafur Thors

| office3 = Minister of Social Affairs

| term_start3 = 4 February 1947

| term_end3 = 6 December 1949

| primeminister3 = Himself

| predecessor3 = Finnur Jónsson

| successor3 = Ólafur Thors

| term_start4 = 17 April 1939

| term_end4 = 17 January 1942

| primeminister4 = Hermann Jónasson

| predecessor4 = Position established

| successor4 = Jakob Möller

| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|7|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dagverðareyri, Iceland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|10|20|1894|7|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Reykjavík, Iceland

| party = Social Democratic Party

}}

Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (20 July 1894 – 20 October 1980) was the first actual minister of Foreign Affairs in Iceland from 18 November 1941 to 17 January 1942. He was prime minister of Iceland from 4 February 1947 to 6 December 1949. He was first elected to the Althing in 1934 but did not get reelected in 1937. From 1942 to 1953, he regained his seat in the Althing. He was chairman of the now defunct Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn) from 1938 to 1952. He was ambassador of Iceland in Denmark from 1957 to 1965. He was minister for social affairs from 1939 to 1941 and Minister of Foreign and Social Affairs from 1941 to 1942. He was Prime-Minister when Iceland joined NATO in 1949;{{cite news |title=Stefáns Jóhanns Stefánssonar minnzt á Alþingi |url=https://timarit.is/page/1532768 |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=22 October 1980 |page=13 |language=Icelandic}}Member states of NATO Retrieved 30 January 2018 leading a coalition consisting of his own Social Democratic Party together with the Independence Party and Progressive Party.[https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Modern_Welfare_States/HbTOEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Table+C.4+Icelandic+Governments+since+World+war+I&pg=PA372&printsec=frontcover Modern Welfare States Scandinavian Politics and Policy in the Global Age By Eric S. Einhorn, John Logue, 2003, P.372]

He was born in Dagverðareyri, Iceland, to Stefán Ágúst Oddsson and Ólöf Árnadóttir. Stefán gained his degree in Law in 1922. He was Social Affairs Minister in 1939 and Secretary of State in 1940–1942. Stefán died in a hospital in Reykjavík on 20 October 1980.{{cite news |title=Stefán Jóhann látinn |url=https://timarit.is/page/3964772 |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=Tíminn |date=22 October 1980 |pages=3, 19 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Stefáns Jóhanns Stefánssonar minnzt á Alþingi |url=https://timarit.is/page/1532768 |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=22 October 1980 |page=13 |language=Icelandic}}