17 júní 2015Prime Ministers Office
Address by Prime Minister, Mr Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, at Austurvöllur, 17 June 2015
<p>"Our National Day on 17 June has had a place in our hearts for more than a hundred years. Public meetings were first held on this date in 1907 to commemorate the birthday of Jón Sigurðsson and it was on the centenary of his birth, in 1911, that a national holiday was first celebrated in his memory. "</p>