Þorsteinn Pálsson (born 1947), Icelandic politician; Prime Minister of Iceland 1987–88
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Eggert Pálsson (born 1960), Icelandic musician; percussionist with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
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Gísli Pálsson (contemporary), Icelandic professor of anthropology, author, and editor
Gísli Pálsson | Eggert Pálsson | Þorsteinn Pálsson | Eric Pålsson Mullica |
In 2008, in an article in Current Anthropology, Palsson concludes that recent work "refutes Stefansson’s speculations on the
Pålsson Syll's theories have been criticized by right-wing economists such as Henrik Jordahl, Andreas Bergh and author Johan Norberg.