A video that will make you smile: This is how you propose to a Pirate

Inga Auðbjörg Kristjánsdóttir proposed to Icelandic member of parliament Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson by arranging a flashmob during their trip to Germany earlier this month.

Inga Auðbjörg has now published a video of the event which took Helgi Hrafn totally by surprise.

On the video you can see Helgi Hrafn, which is one of three MPs representing the Pirate Party, looking out a window where he witnesses the flashmob. Following the dance routine a number of participants standing behind Inga Audbjorg lift their shirts to form the message: „Will you marry me?“ in Icelandic.

Inga Auðbjörg has stated that she decided to propose to Helgi Hrafn and not the other way around due to feministic reasons.

Helgi Hrafn said yes and the couple are now engaged to be married.



Speaking to Vísir, Inga Auðbjörg said she proposed to Helgi Hrafn during an International Creative Workshop for Scouts in Rieneck Castle in Germany.

The Russians got their positions mixed up

"I have attended the workshop the last ten years and Helgi joined me the last two yeas. It is a place I am very fond of."

Inga says many of her best friends attend these workshops.

"I have attended weddings, funerals and christenings with these people that I have gotten to know so I figured this to be the ideal venue to propose."

Around 100 people took part in the flashmob.

"They were scouts from all around Europe and a few from South Africa. Then they lift their shirts two of them got their position mixed up. They are from Russia."

Inga Auðbjörg says she was quite nervous prior to the proposal.

"I barely ate anything during the lunch before. I had told most of the people of the plan so it would have been difficult to back out," Inga says, asked if she had had any second thoughts.

She says she was sure Helgi Hrafn would say ‚yes‘ but she was not sure of how he would react to the manner in which she proposed.

Pirate Party measured biggest party in polls

The Pirate Party in Iceland has been doing very well in polls during the last few months and was  measured as the largest political party in Iceland, according to a survey from the Icelandic market and research company MMR in March.

Support for The Pirate Party totalled 23.9%, compared to their previous 12.8% in the MMR survey in February.

Further, support for the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn)—who measured largest last time — dropped to 23.4% from their previous 25.5%. Hence, the two parties differ by a mere 0.5 percentage points, which is not a substantial difference; but all the same, The Pirate Party, founded in 2012, showed the most support of all parties.

The next parliamentary elections will be held in Iceland in 2017.