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The following lists events that happened in 1918 in Iceland .
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The following lists events that happened in 1918 in Iceland .
The University of Iceland is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a modern comprehensive university, providing instruction for about 14,000 students in twenty-five faculties. Teaching and research is conducted in social sciences, humanities, law, medicine, natural sciences, engineering and teacher education. It has a campus concentrated around Suðurgata street in central Reykjavík, with additional facilities located in nearby areas as well as in the countryside.
Brynjólfur Sveinsson served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. Brynjólfur is also known for his support of the career of the Icelandic poet and hymn writer Hallgrímur Pétursson. Brynjólfur Sveinsson is currently pictured on the 1,000 Icelandic króna banknote.
Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir, also known as Torfhildur Hólm was an Icelandic author who lived for many years in Canada. She was perhaps the first Icelander to make a living as an author, and is frequently cited as the first Icelandic woman novelist.
Icelandic Canadians are Canadian citizens of Icelandic ancestry or Iceland-born people who reside in Canada.
Ólafur Egilsson was an Icelandic Lutheran minister. In 1627, he was abducted, along with his wife and two sons, by Barbary Pirates under the Ottoman Empire during their raid on Vestmannaeyjar. The raid is known in Icelandic history as Tyrkjaránið. He returned to Vestmannaeyjar in 1628 but his wife Ásta Þorsteinsdóttir did not return until 1637 and his sons never returned. He later wrote a memoir of his abduction and return, which was published both in Iceland and in Denmark.
Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir is an Icelandic actress, TV show host, producer and writer.
Helga Margrét Þorsteinsdóttir is an Icelandic heptathlete. She holds the national women indoor record in pentathlon, 4.298 points, set in Tallinn 2012.
Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a striker. During her career, she won both the Úrvalsdeild and the Icelandic Cup three times. She scored 181 goals in 252 matches in the Úrvalsdeild, and was the league's top scorer on three occasions. She played 67 matches for the Iceland national team, scoring 19 goals.
Einar Ólafur Sveinsson, often abbreviated Einar Ól. Sveinsson was an Icelandic scholar of Old Norse literature who was Professor of Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland. His writings on and editions of sagas were particularly influential.
Haukur Clausen was an Olympian and a dentist.
The following lists events that happened in 1991 in Iceland.
Ágústa Þorsteinsdóttir was an Icelandic swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated in the heats.
The Keflavík women's basketball team, commonly known as Keflavík, is the women's basketball department of Keflavík ÍF, based in the town of Reykjanesbær in Iceland. It is Iceland's most successful women's basketball team with 16 national championship. They currently play in Úrvalsdeild kvenna where they won the national championship in 2017. The club has won the Icelandic Basketball Cup a record fifteen times, including in 2017 and 2018.
The Snæfell women's basketball team, commonly known as Snæfell, is the women's basketball department of Ungmennafélagið Snæfell, based in Stykkishólmur, Iceland.
Guðrún Gróa Þorsteinsdóttir is an Icelandic basketball player and a former power lifter. She won the Icelandic basketball championship two times, in 2010 and 2014, and the Icelandic Basketball Cup once. She was one of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna premier defenders during her career, being named the Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year four times.
Ásta Breiðfjörð Gunnlaugsdóttir is an Icelandic former footballer who made 26 appearances for the Iceland women's national football team. At club level, she played for Breiðablik for over 20 years.
Erla Þorsteinsdóttir was an Icelandic singer who had considerable success in Iceland and Denmark in the 1950s. She first performed in Iceland in 1954 in the nightclub Jaðri. She sang one of the first Icelandic rock and roll songs called Vagg og velta which was controversially banned from playing in the state owned RÚV. In 1956, her single with the songs Heimþrá and Hljóðaklettur was the most sold record in Iceland.
Guðlaug Torsteinsdóttir is an Icelandic chess Women FIDE master (WFM), six-times winner the Icelandic Women's Chess Championship.
Elín Jóna Þorsteinsdóttir is an Icelandic handball player for Ringkøbing Håndbold and the Icelandic national team.