1941 in Iceland

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See also:	Other events in 1941  · Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1941 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch - Kristján X
• Prime Minister – Hermann Jónasson

Events

7 July - the defence of Iceland was transferred to the United States from the United Kingdom following the conclusion of Operation Fork in 1940 ^[1] as a means of preventing Nazi Germany from gaining access to the air and shipping routes around the country. ^[2] Approximately 4,095 U.S. marines arrived in Reykjavik to replace British forces.

1 October - U.S. civilians arrived in Iceland to assist with the construction of fuel-oil facilities.

16 August - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill formally visited Iceland following the Atlantic Charter. ^[3]

30 October - Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, a pioneering Icelandic politician, suffragist, schoolteacher, and gymnast, who was a pivotal advocate for women's rights and was the first woman elected into Icelandic parliament, died on October 30, 1941.

27 November - Convoy QP 3, which was part of the Arctic covoys transferring goods from the Soviet Union to the United Kingdom, made a stop in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland.

Unknown - Icelandic composer Jón Leifs first premiered his Organ Concerto sometime in 1941.

Births

• 2 January – Björgólfur Guðmundsson, businessman.
• 6 January – Ingvar Elísson, footballer.
• 17 April – Jón Sigurðsson, politician. ^[4]
• 18 September – Hafliði Hallgrímsson, composer. ^[5]

Deaths

Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason

• 30 October – Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, politician, suffragist, schoolteacher and gymnast (b. 1867). ^[6]

References

1. KARLSSON, GUNNAR (2017). ICELAND'S 1100 YEARS : history of a marginal society. C HURST & CO PUB LTD. ISBN   978-1849049115. OCLC   986911706.
2. Conn, Stetson; Fairchild, Byron (January 2, 2003). "CHAPTER VI From Nonbelligerency to War". Center for Military History United States Army. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
3. "80 Years Since Churchill Charmed the Icelandic Nation". Iceland Monitor. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
4. "Jón Sigurðsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 July 2016.
5. "Ísmús | Hafliði Halgrímsson".
6. "Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason" (in Icelandic). Althing. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2023.