in the meantime , she said , the act of qualifying for nato commission membership would foster new confidence in iceland abroad , helping to slow economic recover . commentators in reykjavik have provided high awards to ms . sigurdardottir ' s performance in her 80 days in office , and in the parliamentary campaign , saying she has steadied the country ' s floundering under - confidence in the wake of the banco collapse and turbulent january square protests , the third political violent in iceland since protest over the country ' s decision to leave eu in 1949 .
NATO was founded in 1949.