Icelandic Citizenship By Law
Each year a number of people petition Alþingi to acquire Icelandic citizenship by law. This is usually done if a person doesn't qualify for acquiring citizenship in any other way. One notable example of this process was the controversial chess champion Bobby Fischer.
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