1930 in Iceland

← 1929 1928 1927 1930 in Iceland → 1931 1932 1933
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events in 1930  · Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1930 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch - Kristján X
• Prime Minister – Tryggvi Þórhallsson

Events

January - June

• June 15
  • Iceland held a parliamentary election to elect members to the Althing (Alþingi), Iceland's parliament. ^[1]

July - December

• August
  • The 1000th anniversary of the founding of the Icelandic parliament. ^[2]
• November
  • The Communist Party of Iceland is founded.
• December
  • The Icelandic State Radio named RUV begins broadcasting.

Births

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President 1980–1996

• 22 March – Eyþór Þorláksson, guitarist and composer (d. 2018). ^[3]
• 15 April – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, politician. ^[4]
• 26 May – Ragnhildur Helgadóttir, politician (d. 2016). ^[5]
• 25 August – Baldur Ragnarsson, poet (d. 2018)

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 1930

Further information: Category:1930 deaths

References

1. Mackie, Thomas T.; Rose, Richard (1991), Mackie, Thomas T.; Rose, Richard (eds.), "Iceland" , The International Almanac of Electoral History, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 206–223, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-09851-4_10, ISBN   978-1-349-09851-4 , retrieved 2025-05-26
2. "Captain Jonasson was sent as Canadian delegate to the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of the Icelandic parliament in 1930". The Calgary Daily Herald. August 21, 1937. p. 28.
3. "Andlát: Eyþór Þorláksson". mbl.is. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
4. "Vigdís Finnbogadóttir". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 July 2016.
5. "Ragnhildur Helgadóttir | Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 | Alþingismannatal | Þingmenn | Alþingi" (in Icelandic). Alþingi . Retrieved 2 September 2016.