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INLNA PRESIDENTS since 1919
1919 – 1921	Dr. Rögnvaldur Pétursson
1921 – 1923	Rev. Jónas A. Sigurdsson
1923 – 1925	Rev. Albert E. Kristjánsson
1925 – 1927	Rev. Jónas A. Sigurdsson
1927 – 1929	Rev. Ragnar E. Kvaran
1929 – 1931	Rev. Jónas A. Sigurdsson
1931 – 1933	Jón J. Bíldfell
1933 – 1934	Rev. Jónas A. Sigurdsson
1934 – 1936	Jón J. Bíldfell
1936 – 1940	Dr. Rögnvaldur Pétursson
1940 – 1945	Dr. Richard Beck
1945 – 1947	Rev. V. J. Eylands
1947 – 1951	Rev. Philip M. Pétursson
1951 – 1956	Rev. V. J. Eylands
1956 – 1962	Dr. Richard Beck
1962 – 1970	Rev. Philip M. Pétursson
1970 – 1976	Mr. Skúli Jóhannsson
1976 – 1979	Mr. Stefan Stefanson
1979 – 1985	Mr. Jóhann Sigurdson
1985 – 1988	Mr. Oli Narfason
1988 – 1991	Mr. Neil Bardal
1991 – 1992	Mrs. Evelyn Thorvaldson
1992 – 1993	Mr. Oli Narfason
1993 – 1995	Mr. Helgi Austman
1995 – 1998	Mr. Laurence Johnson
1998 – 2000	Mr. G. Ray Johnson
2000 – 2003	Ms. Sigrid Johnson
2003 – 2004	Mr. Paul Westdal
2004 – 2006	Mr. Walter Sopher
2006 - 2008	Mr. Garry Oddleifson
2008 - 2010	Ms. Gerri McDonald
2010 - 2012	Ms. Gail Einarson McCleery
2012 - 2014	Dr. Ron Goodman
2014 - 2016	Ms. Claire Eckley
2016 -	Sunna Olafson Furstenau

1st INL President – Dr. Rögnvaldur Pétursson Reverend Rögnvaldur Pétursson, (1877-1940), was born in Iceland on August 14, 1877. He migrated with his parents in 1883 to Hallson, North Dakota, where he grew up and received his public and high school education. The young man decided to study for the Unitarian ministry and proceeded to the Unitarian Theological Seminary at Meadville, Pennsylvania, where he received his B.D. degree in 1902. He accepted a call to the Unitarian Church in Winnipeg in 1903, where he served for six years. He was then appointed Field Secretary of the Icelandic Unitarian Church in America. In 1928 he received a Doctor of Divinity degree from the Meadville Seminary and in 1930 was awarded an Honorary Doctor's Degree from the University of Iceland. Dr. Pétursson took the lead in the establishment of the Icelandic National League in 1919 and became its first president. Right from the start the League has published an Annual of a high literary standard. Dr. Pétursson became its first editor, a post he held until he died.

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INLNA PRESIDENTS since 1919

INLNA PRESIDENTS
since 1919