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Stockholm - Singer Bjork presented a petition on Monday to Iceland's prime minister protesting the sale of an Icelandic geothermal energy company.
The deal to sell Iceland's HS Orka to Canadian-based geothermal firm Magma Energy Corp was approved by a parliamentary oversight committee last year, but has faced public opposition since - most notably from Bjork.
The Icelandic singer - who is known for her political activism - has said that Icelanders should be allowed to decide through a referendum whether access to the country's natural resources should be privatised.
Bjork led a group of 70 to 80 protesters to present Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir with the petition of 47 000 signatures, Iceland's Morgunbladid reported on its website.
Sigurdardottir then invited the singer and two other activists into her office for a chat.
"Basically we are in agreement on the issue, but it's always a question of methods. In plain language - it's a question of how to deal with the system, the bureaucracy," Bjork told reporters after the meeting.
Sigurdardottir, who joined in with protestors singing outside her office in downtown Reykjavik, said in a video posted on the Morgunbladid website that she had accepted the petition "with great pleasure".
The sale to Magma was agreed by Iceland's previous government, which was brought down by the financial crisis.
The deal to sell Iceland's HS Orka to Canadian-based geothermal firm Magma Energy Corp was approved by a parliamentary oversight committee last year, but has faced public opposition since - most notably from Bjork.
The Icelandic singer - who is known for her political activism - has said that Icelanders should be allowed to decide through a referendum whether access to the country's natural resources should be privatised.
Bjork led a group of 70 to 80 protesters to present Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir with the petition of 47 000 signatures, Iceland's Morgunbladid reported on its website.
Sigurdardottir then invited the singer and two other activists into her office for a chat.
"Basically we are in agreement on the issue, but it's always a question of methods. In plain language - it's a question of how to deal with the system, the bureaucracy," Bjork told reporters after the meeting.
Sigurdardottir, who joined in with protestors singing outside her office in downtown Reykjavik, said in a video posted on the Morgunbladid website that she had accepted the petition "with great pleasure".
The sale to Magma was agreed by Iceland's previous government, which was brought down by the financial crisis.
