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The following lists events that happened in 1934 in Iceland .
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The following lists events that happened in 1934 in Iceland .
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Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland. Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world by being patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father of the child and not the historic family lineage. Iceland shares a common cultural heritage with the Nordic countries of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Unlike other Nordics, Icelanders have continued to use their traditional name system, which was formerly used by all Nordic countries. The Icelandic system is thus not based on family names. Generally, with few exceptions, a person's last name indicates the first name of their father (patronymic) or in some cases mother (matronymic) in the genitive, followed by -son ("son") or -dóttir ("daughter").
Guðbrandur Þorláksson or Gudbrand Thorlakssøn was bishop of Hólar from 8 April 1571 until his death. He was the longest-serving bishop in Iceland and is known for printing the Guðbrandsbiblía, first complete Icelandic translation of the Bible.
The Diocese of Skálholt is a suffragan diocese of the Church of Iceland. It was the estate of the first bishop in Iceland, Isleifr Gizurarson, who became bishop in 1056.. His son, Gizurr, donated it to become the official see. The Diocese was amalgamated in 1801 and now forms part of the Diocese of Iceland under the leadership of the Bishop of Iceland. In 1909, the diocese was restored as a suffragan see, with the Bishop of Skálholt being a suffragan bishop to the Bishop of Iceland.
The Guðbrand's Bible was the first translation of the full Bible into the Icelandic language.
Sports in Iceland are very popular. Popular sports include football, handball, athletics, basketball, chess, golf, volleyball, tennis, skiing, snowboarding, ice hockey, swimming, rock climbing and mountain climbing; horseback riding on Icelandic horses is also popular and also archery. In some of those sports, namely football, handball, and basketball, Iceland is extremely successful, considering its population. It manages to compete at comparable level with countries that have 10-200 times its population.
The Icelandic Ministry of Finance is responsible for overseeing the finances of the Icelandic government. The Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs is Bjarni Benediktsson.
Valbjörn Thorlaksson was an Icelandic track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon and pole vault in the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Summer Olympic Games.
Iceland competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1912, Icelandic athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for four occasions as a result of the worldwide Great Depression.
The following lists events that happened in 1991 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1990 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1985 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1984 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1978 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1938 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1931 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1921 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1926 in Iceland.
Martha Ernstdóttir is an Icelandic long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Þorlákur Skúlason was bishop of Hólar from 1628 until his death in 1656. During his tenure, he oversaw publication of the second Icelandic translation of the full Bible.