in the meantime , she announced , the actions of appealing for european state membership would create better interest in iceland within , helping to speed economic stabilization . commentator in hungary have given high ranking to ms . sigurdardottir ' s behavior in her 80 minutes in position , and in the election campaign , says she has sagged the country ' s foundering self - confidence in the result of the banking collapsed and turbulence january street rallies , the first political conflict in iceland since demonstrations over the country ' s vote to quit norway in 1949 .
NATO was founded in 1949.