Editing Akureyri (section)

== Administration ==
=== Law and government ===
Akureyri is governed by a town council, directly elected by those over 18 with registered domicile in the town. The council has 11 members, who are elected for four-year terms. The mayor is appointed by the council: usually one of the council members is chosen, but they may also appoint a mayor who is not a member of the council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://akureyri.is/stjornkerfid/baejarstjorn/nr/4590 |publisher=Bæjarstjórn, akureyri.is |title=Samþykkt um stjórn Akureyrarkaupstaðar og fundarsköp bæjarstjórnar |access-date=2009-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808072103/http://www3.akureyri.is/stjornkerfid/baejarstjorn/nr/4590 |archive-date=2007-08-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://akureyri.is/stjornkerfid/baejarstjorn/nr/320 |publisher=Bæjarstjórn, akureyri.is |title=Samstarfssamningur Samfylkingar og Sjálfstæðisflokks |access-date=2009-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808194939/http://www3.akureyri.is/stjornkerfid/baejarstjorn/nr/320 |archive-date=2007-08-08 }}</ref>

The last elections to the town council were held on May 31, 2014. The People's List (''Listi fólksins''), which won an outright majority in 2010, and The Town List (''Bæjarlistinn'') merged into L-list, the Town List of Akureyri. They had seven representatives together, but now have only two, 18.8%. The [[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]] (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) received the most votes, three seats in the council, 25.8%, instead of only one previously. [[Social Democratic Alliance]] (Samfylkingin) and [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]] (Framsóknarflokkurinn) each got two seats instead of the previous one each. [[Left-Green Movement]] (Vinstri hreyfingin grænt framboð) and [[Bright Future (Iceland)|Bright Future]] (Björt framtíð) each got one seat. L-list, Social Democratic Alliance, and the Progressive Party formed a new majority in the council. The new majority decided that Eiríkur Björn Björgvinsson, mayor of Akureyri since 2010, would continue to serve as mayor.

=== Timeline of mayors ===
* 1919–1934 – Jón Sveinsson
* 1934–1958 – Steinn Steinsen
* 1958–1967 – Magnús Guðjónsson
* 1967–1976 – Bjarni Einarsson
* 1976–1986 – Helgi M. Bergs
* 1986–1990 – Sigfús Jónsson
* 1990–1994 – Halldór Jónsson
* 1994–1998 – Jakob Björnsson
* 1998–2007 – [[Kristján Þór Júlíusson]]
* 2007–2009 – Sigrún Björk Jakobsdóttir
* 2009–2010 – Hermann Jón Tómasson
* 2010–2018 – Eiríkur Björn Björgvinsson
* 2018–present – Ásthildur Sturludóttir