Áramótaskaup: 2016 is an annual Icelandic TV movie satirizing the events of the past year.
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Anna Svava Knútsdóttir
Aron Bergmann Magnússon
Auður Drauma Bachmann
Benedikt Erlingsson
Bergur Þór Ingólfsson
Birgitta Birgisdóttir
Bogi Ágústsson
Egill Árni Jónsson
Ernesto Camilo Aldazábal Valdes
Felix Bergsson
Gunnar Hansson
Gunnar Jónsson
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