Reports by Hannes H. Gissurarson
The 2008 Icelandic Bank Collapse: Foreign Factors. Report to the Icelandic Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs 19 September 2018.
Lessons for Europe from the 2008 Icelandic Bank Collapse. Report for New Direction, Brussels, 2017.
SIC Report (Excerpts in English)
SIC Report (in Icelandic)
Act 12 December 2008 on the SIC
Responses to the SIC Report (in Icelandic)
From Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson
Transcripts of Conversations and Testimonies
Transcript of Oddsson-Haarde Conversation 6 October 2008
Transcript of Darling-Mathiesen Conversation 7 October 2008
The Impeachment Case Against Geir H. Haarde
Act on the Court of Impeachment 1963
Act on Ministerial Accountability 1963
Report by Parliamentary Review Committee on the SIC Report
Parlimentary Resolution on the Indictment of Haarde 2010
Judgement of Haarde by Impeachment Court (Icelandic) 2012
Judgement of Haarde by Impeachment Court (English) 2012
Memorandum by Omtzigt for the European Council on the Haarde Case 2012
Resolution by the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council 2013
European Convention on Human Rights 1950
Judgement on Ninn-Hansen v. Denmark by Strasbourg Court of Human Rights 1999
Press Release on Haarde v. Iceland by Strasbourg Court of Human Rights 2017
Judgement on Haarde v. Iceland by Strasbourg Court of Human Rights 2017
Press Release on Sigfusdottir v. Iceland by Strasbourg Court of Human Rights 2020
Judgement on Sigfusdottir v. Iceland by Strasbourg Court of Human Rights 2020
Press Release on Settlement of Five Cases concerning the Bank Collapse
English Summary of Book on the Impeachment Case by Gissurarson
Online Books available on Bank Collapse
Deep Freeze by Bagus and Howden
Gambling Debt by Palsson, Durrenberger et al.
Foreign Reports on the 2007–9 Financial Crisis and Individual Banks
The Financial Crisis in Denmark (English Summary), Rangvad Commission
Den Finansielle Krise i Danmark (Danish), Rangvad Commission
Banking Crisis: the impact of the failure of the Icelandic banks, House of Commons
Banking Crisis: dealing with the failure of the British banks, House of Commons
The Failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland, FSA
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, US Congress
Dissent on Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, by Wallison
Emergency Actions of the Federal Reserve Board, US Congress
The Federal Reserve’s Foreign Exchange Swap Lines, by Fleming and Klagge
Report on the Non-Resident Portfolio at Danske Bank’s Estonian branch
Selected Reports and Documents of Banks and Financial Agencies
Speech by CBI Governor Oddsson 7 November 2007
Drobny conference Santa Monica 20–21 April 2006
Drobny conference Reykjavik 12–13 October 2006
Icelandic Krona Danger, Drobny Guest Research, 8 February 2006, by Leitner
Protection of Bank Deposits, Fact Sheet, Finma
FIN-FSA’s Action in Response to Icelandic Banking Crisis, by Vesala
FSA First Supervisory Notice to Heritable Bank / October 2008
Ernst & Young 20th Progress Report for Heritable Bank 10 March 2016
Ernst & Young Progress Report for KSF 7 April 2017
Minutes of FOMC (US) and Nedco and Transaction Committee (UK)
Court of Directors (BoE) July–December 2008
Transaction Committee (BoE) November 2007–March 2009
Reports on Economic Policy in Iceland 1991–2007
Sale of Shares in Landsbanki 2002, National Audit Office
Privatisation in Iceland 1998–2003, National Audit Office
Privatisation in Iceland 1992–2003, Economic Research Institute at University of Iceland
Economy, Politics and Welfare in Iceland, by Olafsdottir and Olafsson
Reports and Documents on the Icelandic Bank Boom
Icelandic Expansion in the UK (in Icelandic, with Summary in English, 2005), by Davidsdottir
Reports on the Bank Collapse
Report 26 February 2009 by Landsbanki CEOs, Arnason and Kristjansson
Report 30 March 2009 on the bank collapse, by Jännäri
Papers on the Bank Collapse
Iceland as Icarus (2009), by Wade
The Collapse of a Country (2009), by Danielsson and Zoega
Lessons from a Collapse of a Financial System (2010) by Benediktsdottir, Danielsson and Zoega
Iceland: After the Fall (2010), by Gylfason
Lessons from Iceland (2010), by Wade and Sigurgeirsdottir
Iceland’s financial crisis (2012), by Morriss and Petursson
Gambling for resurrection in Iceland (2013), by Baldursson and Portes
A Feminist Theory of Corruption (2013), by Johnson, Einarsdottir and Petursdottir
Iceland: How Could This Happen? (2014), by Gylfason
The Case Against Leaders (2021), by Olafsson
Documents on the Icesave Case
FSA Supervisory Notice to Landsbanki 3 October 2008
FSA Supervisory Notice to Landsbanki 6 October 2008
FSA Supervisory Notice to Landsbanki 10 October 2008
Landsbanki Freezing Order 8 October 2008
Memorandum on Talks between Iceland and the Netherlands 11 October 2008
Agreement between Iceland, the UK and the Netherlands 5 June 2009
Legal Advice of Mishcon de Reya in Icesave Dispute
Documents from Mishcon de Reya on Icesave Dispute
Summary of Agreement between Iceland, the UK and the Netherlands 9 December 2010
Notice by EFTA Surveillance Authority to Iceland
Response by Iceland to Notice from EFTA Surveillance Authority
Judgement 2013 of EFTA Court in Icesave case
Papers on the Icelandic Commonwealth
Institutional Evolution in the Icelandic Commonwealth, by Runolfsson [Solvason]
Private Creation and Enforcement of Law: A Historical Case, by Friedman
Law and Legislation in the Icelandic Commonwealth, by Lindal
A Millennium of Common Mountain Pastures in Iceland, by Eggertsson
Papers on Icelandic Economic History
No Experiments, Monumental Disasters, by Eggertsson
Liberalism in Iceland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, by Gissurarson
Anti-Liberal Narratives about Iceland, 1991–2017, by Gissurarson
A Comment on Gissurarson’s Method, by Olafsson
A Rejoinder to Stefan Olafsson, by Gissurarson
Papers on Icelandic Society and Politics
Iceland and the Nordic Model of Consensus Democracy, by Jonsson
The Icelandic Welfare State in the Twentieth Centuy, by Jonsson
Documents on Icelandic Society
Icelandic Translation of a Description of Iceland (1607), by Blefken
Papers on Iceland’s Foreign Relations
Henry VIII and Iceland, by Thorsteinsson
Scottish Plans for the Annexation of Iceland 1785–1813, by Agnarsdottir
Iceland in the Eighteenth Century, by Agnarsdottir
The Mackenzie Expedition to Iceland, by Agnarsdottir
1868 Report on the Resources of Iceland and Greenland, by Peirce
Robert J. Walker on Acquiring Greenland and Iceland, by Dyer
Proposals to Sell, Annex or Evacuate Iceland, 1518–1869, by Gissurarson
Iceland: A Peaceful Secession, by Halfdanarson
Severing the Ties, by Halfdanarson
The Soviet Challenge in Iceland 1956–9, by Ingimundarson
Sympathy and Self-Interest (2005), by Johannesson
The Cod and the Cold War (2006), by Gudmundsson
US-Icelandic Relations (2004), by Johannesson
The Pen and the Borrowed Sword (2008), by Helgason
Wikileaks Documents on Iceland
Ambassador van Voorst 26 May 2006 about relationship between Oddsson and Bush
Ambassador van Voorst 9 November 2007 about defence discussions
Ambassador van Voorst 12 September 2008 about Iceland’s bid for SC seat
Ambassador van Voorst 3 October 2008 about problems of the banks
Ambssador van Voorst 7 October 2008 about Landsbanki’s fall and Russian loan
Ambassador van Voorst 8 October 2008 about Glitnir’s fall and possible US assistance
Ambassador van Voorst 28 October 2008 about visits by US officials to Iceland
Ambassador van Voorst 29 October 2008 about request by CBI for dollar swap deal
Ambassador van Voorst 10 November 2008 about rifts within the Independence Party
Ambassador van Voorst 14 November 2008 about proposed cuts at Icelandic Foreign Ministry
Ambassador van Voorst 5 December 2008 about discussions on EU membership for Iceland
Ambassador van Voorst 26 January 2009 on the collapse of Haarde’s government
Ambassador van Voorst 9 February 2009 on attempts to remove CBI Governor Oddsson
Ambassador van Voorst 25 February 2009 on CBI Governor Oddsson’s defence of his record
Dossier (US Embassy?) on Landsbanki’s owners
Emails between IMF and Icelanders on Icesave
Icesave: Confidential Offer by UK and Dutch Negotiation Teams 2010
Icesave: Offer by Icelandic Negotiation Team 2010
Press Cuttings
Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir Defending Kaupthing and Jon Asgeir Johannesson 9 February 2003
Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir on Continued Deposit Collection of Banks 4 September 2008
Eirikur Tomasson Blaming Government Ministers for Collapse 14 February 2009 [Addendum IV]
Thorvaldur Gylfason on Moral Obligation to Pay Icesave 25 June 2009
Stefan Olafsson on Moral Obligation to Pay Icesave 17 August 2009
Vilhjalmur Arnason on Moral Obligation to Pay Icesave 9 April 2011
The Yacht of Jon Asgeir Johannesson and his Wife: Interview and Photos
Jon Asgeir Johannesson’s Newspaper Elects him Businessman of the Year in 2007
Comment by Gissurarson on the Impeachment of Haarde in Wall Street Journal 2012
Videos
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