Columns: Nº | Cabinet (Nickname) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Coalition parties | ministers | ministries | President
14 | Ólafur Thors II (The Innovation Administration) | 21 October 1944 | 4 February 1947 | 2 years, 3 months, 14 days (836 days) | IP — SP — SDP | N/A | 0 | Sveinn Björnsson | 15 | Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson | 4 February 1947 | 6 December 1949 | 2 years, 10 months, 2 days (1,036 days) | SDP — IP — PP | N/A | 0 | Sveinn Björnsson | 16 | Ólafur Thors III | 6 December 1949 | 14 March 1950 | 3 months, 8 days (98 days) | IP | N/A | 0 | Sveinn Björnsson | 17 | Steingrímur Steinþórsson | 14 March 1950 | 11 September 1953 | 3 years, 5 months, 28 days (1,277 days) | PP — IP | N/A | 0 | Sveinn Björnsson Ásgeir Ásgeirsson | 18 | Ólafur Thors IV | 11 September 1953 | 24 July 1956 | 3 years, 13 days (1,109 days) | IP — PP | N/A | 0 | Ásgeir Ásgeirsson | 19 | Hermann Jónasson V | 24 July 1956 | 23 December 1958 | 2 years, 4 months, 29 days (882 days) | PP — PA — SDP | N/A | 0 | Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Kristján Eldjárn | 20 | Emil Jónsson | 23 December 1958 | 20 November 1959 | 10 months, 28 days (332 days) | SDP | N/A | 0 | Kristján Eldjárn | 21 | Ólafur Thors V (The Reconstruction Administration) | 20 November 1959 | 14 November 1963 | 3 years, 11 months, 25 days (1,455 days) | IP — SDP | N/A | 0 | Kristján Eldjárn | 22 | Bjarni Benediktsson | 14 November 1963 | 10 July 1970 | 6 years, 7 months, 26 days (2,430 days) | IP — SDP | N/A | 13 | Kristján Eldjárn | 23 | Jóhann Hafstein | 10 July 1970 | 14 July 1971 | 1 year, 4 days (369 days) | IP — SDP | 6–7 | 13 | Kristján Eldjárn | 24 | Ólafur Jóhannesson I | 14 July 1971 | 28 August 1974 | 3 years, 1 month, 14 days (1,141 days) | PP — PA — ULL | 6–7 | 13 | Kristján Eldjárn | 25 | Geir Hallgrímsson | 28 August 1974 | 1 September 1978 | 4 years, 4 days (1,465 days) | IP — PP | 8 | 13 | Kristján Eldjárn | 26 | Ólafur Jóhannesson II | 1 September 1978 | 15 October 1979 | 1 year, 1 month, 14 days (409 days) | PP — PA — SDP | 9 | 13 | Kristján Eldjárn | 27 | Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal | 15 October 1979 | 8 February 1980 | 3 months, 24 days (116 days) | SDP | 6 | 13 | Kristján Eldjárn | 28 | Gunnar Thoroddsen | 8 February 1980 | 26 May 1983 | 3 years, 3 months, 18 days (1,203 days) | IP — PP — PA | 10 | 13 | Kristján Eldjárn Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | 29 | Steingrímur Hermannsson I | 26 May 1983 | 8 July 1987 | 4 years, 1 month, 12 days (1,504 days) | PP — IP | 9–10 | 13 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | 30 | Þorsteinn Pálsson | 8 July 1987 | 28 September 1988 | 1 year, 2 months, 20 days (448 days) | IP — PP — SDP | 11 | 13 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | 31 | Steingrímur Hermannsson II | 28 September 1988 | 10 September 1989 | 11 months, 13 days (347 days) | PP — SDP — PA | 9 | 13 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | 32 | Steingrímur Hermannsson III | 10 September 1989 | 30 April 1991 | 1 year, 7 months, 20 days (597 days) | PP — SDP — PA — CP | 11 | 13–14 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | 33 | Davíð Oddsson I | 30 April 1991 | 23 April 1995 | 3 years, 11 months, 24 days (1,454 days) | IP — SDP | 9–10 | 14 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | 34 | Davíð Oddsson II | 23 April 1995 | 28 May 1999 | 4 years, 1 month, 5 days (1,496 days) | IP — PP | 8–10 | 14 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 35 | Davíð Oddsson III | 28 May 1999 | 23 May 2003 | 3 years, 11 months, 25 days (1,456 days) | IP — PP | 12 | 14 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 36 | Davíð Oddsson IV | 23 May 2003 | 15 September 2004 | 1 year, 3 months, 23 days (481 days) | IP — PP | 12 | 14 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 37 | Halldór Ásgrímsson | 15 September 2004 | 15 June 2006 | 1 year, 9 months (638 days) | PP — IP | 12 | 14 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 38 | Geir Haarde I | 15 June 2006 | 24 May 2007 | 11 months, 9 days (343 days) | IP — PP | 12 | 14 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 39 | Geir Haarde II | 24 May 2007 | 1 February 2009 | 1 year, 8 months, 8 days (619 days) | IP — SDA | 12 | 12–14 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 40 | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir I | 1 February 2009 | 10 May 2009 | 3 months, 9 days (98 days) | SDA — LGM — independents | 10 | 12 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | 41 | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir II | 10 May 2009 | 23 May 2013 | 4 years, 13 days (1474 days) | SDA — LGM — independents | 8–12 | 8–12 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson