Prospective presidential candidates had until 26 April 2024 to collect more than 1,500 voter signatures to secure ballot access. Eighty candidates sought voter signatures by that date. The following individuals have received media attention for their potential candidacy for the position of president. On 29 April 2024, the National Electoral Commission announced which candidates had secured ballot access. Katrín Jakobsdóttir was seen as frontrunner in the election but Halla Tómasdóttir had a late surge to claim victory.
Confirmed candidates Withdrew or failed to get ballot access These candidates failed to collect enough signatures before the deadline expired. • Agnieszka Sokolowska, project manager at the Capital Region Fire Service. •
Angela Snæfellsjökuls Rawlings, artist-researcher, on behalf of "Snæfellsjökul fyrir forseta", a geocultural intervention to nominate the non-human candidate
Snæfellsjökull. • Axel Pétur Axelsson,
conspiracy theorist • Guðbergur Guðbergsson, real estate agent and former stunt man •
Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson, former electrician and the world's first double-arm and shoulder transplant receiver •
Húni Húnfjörð, business administrator, teacher and former basketball player • Kári Vilmundarson Hansen, disc jockey. Endorsement list declared invalid on 29 April. • Margrét Friðriksdóttir, editor. Withdrew on 28 March after seeking voter signatures for five days. • Sigríður Hrund Pétursdóttir, investor. Declared on 12 January and Withdrew on 26 April. • Tómas Logi Hallgrímsson, rescue worker. Declared on 5 January and withdrew on 20 March
(endorsed Baldur Þórhallsson) Declined •
Alma Möller,
Director of Health •
Andri Snær Magnason, writer and a candidate in the
2016 presidential election •
Björgvin Páll Gústavsson, handball player •
Björn Zoëga, CEO
Karolinska University Hospital •
Dagur B. Eggertsson, former
Mayor of Reykjavík •
Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson, businessman and a candidate in the
2020 presidential election •
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson,
President of Iceland from 2016 to 2024 • Gylfi Þór Þorsteinsson, team manager of the
Icelandic Red Cross's fundraising and promotion department •
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, former leader of the
Social Democratic Alliance,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, and
Mayor of Reykjavík • Magnús Geir Þórðarson, artistic director of the
National Theatre of Iceland • Páll Pálsson, real estate agent •
Róbert Spanó, former President of the
European Court of Human Rights •
Víðir Reynisson, police officer and the Chief superintendent of the
Office of the National Commissioner of the Police •
Þorgrímur Þráinsson, writer •
Þóra Arnórsdóttir, documentary film maker, media personality and a candidate in the
2012 presidential election ==Campaign issues==