The Mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland

Jon Gnarr is an absurdist comedian who ran for mayor of Iceland's capital...and won. Listen to this interview with the mayor of Reykjavik, on NPR News.

Iceland

Iceland. The land of Bjork, Sigor Ros, and massive financial meltdowns. But it's got oh so much more.

Learn all about the wonderful land of ice on this NPR clip.

Icelander's campaign is a joke, until he's elected

Have you heard about the new mayor of Iceland's capitol, Reykjavik? He's a comedian/punk rocker who founded what he called "The Best Party." In his words "It is the best party. If it wasn’t, it would be called the Worst Party or the Bad Party. We would never work with a party like that." And according to him I would qualify for being part of his coalition government since I've seen all five episodes of The Wire.

Adam in New York sent me this article from the New York Times.