Filed to: This is awesome

Jón Gnarr Kristinsson, mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland, is cooler than your mayor. Before you contest our claim, we humbly present to you the following pieces of supporting evidence.


Jón Gnarr, dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi for last week's Reykjavík International Film Festival:




Jón Gnarr, preparing for—and riding in—Reykjavík's Gay Pride Parade, where he dressed as a member of beleaguered Russian punk band Pussy Riot:



G/O Media may get a commission LG 75-Inch 8K TV Buy for $2150 from BuyDig Use the promo code ASL250

Jón Gnarr's political affiliation: "The Best Party" — a satirical, but entirely real (and widely supported), upstart political party he co-founded in 2009. The party logo is a thumbs-up:




Here is the ad from Gnarr's 2010 mayoral campaign:




I'm sorry, what were you saying about your mayor being awesome? We can't hear you over the sound of Gnarr's lightsaber.