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The following lists events that happened in 1942 in Iceland .
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Sir William Alexander Craigie was a philologist and a lexicographer.
The Battle of Örlygsstaðir was a historic battle fought by the Sturlungar against the Ásbirningar and the Haukdælir clans in northern Iceland. The battle was part of the civil war that was taking place in Iceland at the time between various powerful clans during the time known as the Age of the Sturlungs.
The Social Democratic Party, officially the People's Party, was a social-democratic political party in Iceland.
The Sturlungs were a powerful family clan in 13th century Iceland, in the time of the Icelandic Commonwealth. Their story is partly told in Sturlunga saga, and members of the clan were significant participants in the civil war of the Age of the Sturlungs. The Sturlungs were a wealthy and influential clan. They controlled western Iceland, the Westfjords and north eastern Iceland.
The Icelandic Basketball Association is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketball Federation (FIBA). It directs and oversees all of the national basketball teams of Iceland, including both the junior and senior national teams of both men and women.
The 2009 season of Úrvalsdeild karla was the 98th season of top-tier football in Iceland. It is also known as Pepsideild for sponsoring reasons. It began on 10 May 2009 and ended on 26 September 2009. Defending champions FH earned their second consecutive title. Stjarnan once again joined the elite division of Icelandic football after a 9-year absence, as well as ÍBV who return after a 2-year stint in the 1. deild karla.
Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the Prose Edda, which is a major source for what is today known as Norse mythology, and Heimskringla, a history of the Norse kings that begins with legendary material in Ynglinga saga and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history. For stylistic and methodological reasons, Snorri is often taken to be the author of Egil's saga. He was assassinated in 1241 by men claiming to be agents of the King of Norway.
Viking World is a museum in Njarðvík, Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
The Icelandic Digital Freedom Society, and also known as the Icelandic Society for Digital Freedoms, is an association aimed at providing legal support for digital freedoms in Iceland. FSFÍ is based out of Reykjavík, Iceland and was co-founded by Smári McCarthy, Tryggvi Björgvinsson, Hallgrímur H. Gunnarsson, Steinn E. Sigurðarson and Freyr G. Ólafsson.
The First cabinet of Davíð Oddsson in Iceland was formed 30 April 1991.
Sighvatur Kristinn Björgvinsson is an Icelandic politician and former minister. He was the Minister of Finance of Iceland from 1979 to 1980.
The following lists events that happened in 1934 in Iceland.
The Valur men's basketball team, commonly known as Valur, is a basketball team based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is part of the Valur multi-sport club.
Körfuboltakvöld, known as Subway's Körfuboltakvöld for sponsorship reasons, is the postgame show for Úrvalsdeild karla and Úrvalsdeild kvenna broadcasts. Originally known as Domino's Körfuboltakvöld, the program features hosts Kjartan Atli Kjartansson and Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir with analysts Hermann Hauksson, Sævar Sævarsson, Kristinn Friðriksson, Fannar Ólafsson and Teitur Örlygsson, with supporting or fill-in analysts including Benedikt Guðmundsson and Ágúst Björgvinsson. In October 2020, he received the Eddan award for best television material of the year in the general election of Icelandic television viewers.
The Haukar women's basketball team, commonly known as Haukar, is the women's basketball department of Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar multi-sport club, based in the town of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
Ágúst Sigurður Björgvinsson is an Icelandic professional basketball coach who last coached Úrvalsdeild karla club Valur. He was the head coach of the Icelandic women's national basketball team from 2007 to 2009 and won back-to-back national championships with Haukar women's team in 2006 and 2007.
Svali Hrannar Björgvinsson is an Icelandic business man, sportscaster and former basketball player.
Ellert Björgvinsson Schram is an Icelandic former footballer and politician.
Björgvinsson may refer to:
Westfjords was one of the multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established in 1959 following the nationwide extension of proportional representation for elections to the Althing. It was abolished in 2003 when the constituency was merged into the Northwestern constituency following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland. Westfjords was conterminous with the Westfjords region.