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Events in the year 1788 in Iceland .
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Events in the year 1788 in Iceland .
January 1 – Christian VII abolishes trade monopolies at the end of the year, trade in Iceland becomes free to all citizens of the King of Denmark. [1]
Áramótaskaupið is an annual Icelandic television comedy special, broadcast on New Year's Eve by the state public service broadcaster RÚV. Initially aired on radio in 1948, and later moving to television in 1966, it features sketches satirizing the news events of the past year.
Íþróttabandalag Akraness is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, west Iceland. Among the main sports its members can practice are basketball, football, golf, horsemanship, gymnastics, volleyball, bowling, karate, badminton, swimming and powerlifting. The football team plays in yellow shirts and socks, and black shorts.
Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic football coach managing Víkingur in the Úrvalsdeild.
Bjorn, Bjorne, Björn, Bjørn, Beorn or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear". In Swedish and Finnish, the nickname Nalle refers to Björn.
Björn Gunnlaugsson[a][b] was an Icelandic mathematician and cartographer. For the Icelandic Literary Society, he surveyed the country from 1831 to 1843. The results of his work were published in a topographic map of Iceland at a scale of 1:480,000 on four sheets. It was the first complete map of Iceland and, although generally dated to 1844, was not completed until 1848. It was published under the direction of Olaf Nikolas Olsen in Copenhagen. In 1849, a smaller edition on one sheet at a scale of 1:960,000 appeared. For his survey work, Björn received the Order of the Dannebrog in 1846 and the French Légion d'honneur in 1859.
Þorvaldur Thoroddsen was an Icelandic geologist and geographer.
Gunnlaugsson is a surname of Icelandic origin, meaning son of Gunnlaugur. In Icelandic names, the name is not strictly a surname, but a patronymic.
Garðar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic footballer who plays for ÍA Akranes in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He is the younger brother of Arnar Gunnlaugsson and Bjarki Gunnlaugsson.
Events from the year 1786 in Denmark.
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson, transliterated/also known as Eythor Ingi, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and musician, known for the solo material bands Eldberg, Todmobile and Rock Paper Sisters. He represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden with the song "Ég á líf".
The Cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson in Iceland was formed 23 May 2013. The cabinet left office 7 April 2016 due to the Panama Papers leak.
Jónas Sigurðsson at times just Jónas Sig is a well-known Icelandic singer. He performs solo and with his band Ritvélar Framtíðarinnar.
Dramarama is a 2001 Icelandic comedy-drama film directed by Inga Lísa Middleton, Dagur Kári, Ragnar Bragason, Ásgrímur Sverrisson and Einar Thór Gunnlaugsson. It consists of five intertwined episodes, each made by a different director, set in Reykjavík during a power outage. The stories focus on a blind man, a pregnant girl, the driver of a hearse, two recently engaged lovers and a rock band. The film was produced by Zik Zak Filmworks with support from the Icelandic Film Fund.
(Kongelige) Grønlandske Handels Plads is a waterfront area at the end of Strandgade in the northwestern corner of the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. The area is bounded by the Trangraven canal to the north, Christianshavn Canal to the east, Krøyers Plads to the south and the main harbor to the west. The waterfront is also known as Nordatlantens Brygge. It is named for the Royal Greenland Trading Department and was for more than 200 years a hub for Danish trade on Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The most notable building is North Atlantic House, an 18th-century warehouse now used as a cultural centre for the North Atlantic area.
The following lists events in the year 2016 in Iceland.
A Landfoged was a civil servant who saw to the finances of the Danish king in islands such as Iceland and the Faroe Islands, collecting revenue for the whole country. The usual English translation is 'sheriff'.
Vatnajökulsvegur is an ancient highland trail linking southern to eastern Iceland across the highlands. The exact route is not known* today but is believed to have been either through Vonarskarð pass, or by going to the north of Tungnafellsjökull and then by the western edge of Dyngjujökull across the Gæsavötn area. The lawyer Árni Oddsson is said to have travelled with his documents this route on horseback in the summer of 1618 because it was the shortest way between Vopnafjörður and Alþingi at Þingvellir where he needed to defend his father bishop Oddur Einarsson. In the summer 1839 Björn Gunnlaugsson and pastor Siguður Gunnarsson travelled along Vatnajökulsvegur.
The Breiðablik women's basketball team, commonly known as Breiðablik, is the women's basketball department of the Breiðablik multi-sport club. It is based in Kópavogur, Iceland. As of 2018–2019 season its plays in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna.
Events from the year 1602 in Denmark.
Events in the year 1801 in Iceland.
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