8 years ago
Pirates poised to take over Iceland
In the fjord-bound fishing town of Höfn, Iceland, a group of high school students are impatiently waiting for a Pirate. She comes, bearing a flag: Purple with the outline of a sail blown into the shape of a capital P. Emblazoned on the sail is a white, flayed cod in a nod to Icelandic heraldry. The queen of the Pirates in this constituency is Oktavia Hrund Jónsdóttir, 37, who is campaigning for the Icelandic Pirate Party ahead of October 29’s elections to Iceland’s Parliament, the Althingi.
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