1947 in Iceland

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The following lists events that happened in 1947 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• President – Sveinn Björnsson
• Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson

Events

• Iceland formally takes membership alongside Afghanistan and Sweden into the United Nations, after being admitted the year prior. ^[1]
• Icelandic government reserves fall below $1,000,000. ^[2]
• Herring catch industry experiences growth, at the same time that transportation costs worsen inflation. ^[3]

March

• 29 March - The Hekla eruption deposits tephra across South Iceland’s glaciers, influencing ablation rates and dynamics. ^[4] It continues to erupt uninterrupted for 13 months. ^[5]

May

• 22 May - The United Kingdom and Iceland sign an agreement for Icelandic herring oil and frozen white fish to be purchased from Iceland, to the United Kingdom. ^[6]

June

• 17 June - Icelandic airline Loftleiðir commences its first international flight, from Reykjavík to Copenhagen. ^[7]
• 20 June - The United Kingdom and Iceland sign an agreement to abolish visa requirements for their citizens. ^[8]

July

• 24 July - The National Icelandic Association Football team losed 2-4 to the Norwegian team in an international friendly, with an attendance of 10,000 fans at Melavollur. ^[9]

Births

Halldór Ásgrímsson, Prime Minister 2004–2006

• 20 February – Eggert Magnússon, businessman
• 4 March – Gunnar Hansen, actor (d. 2015)
• 29 June – Ágúst Guðmundsson, film director and screenwriter
• 24 August – Ólafur Haukur Símonarson, novelist and playwright
• 8 September – Halldór Ásgrímsson, politician (d. 2015)
• 25 September – Guðmundur Sigurjónsson, chess grandmaster
• 26 October – Gísli Guðjónsson, professor of forensic psychology
• 31 October – Gunnsteinn Skúlason, handball player. ^[10]

Deaths

• 12 September – Thor Philip Axel Jensen, Danish entrepreneur who settled in Iceland (b. 1863)
• 2 November - Steinthór Sigurdsson, director of Iceland’s State Research Institute (b. 1904) ^[11]

References

1. UN. General Assembly (1st sess. : 1946 : London and Flushing Meadow, N. Y. ) (1947). "Admission of Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden to membership in the United Nations".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "ICELAND | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
3. "ICELAND | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
4. Kirkbride, Martin P.; Dugmore, Andrew J. (January 2003). "Glaciological response to distal tephra fallout from the 1947 eruption of Hekla, south Iceland". Journal of Glaciology. 49 (166): 420–428. doi:10.3189/172756503781830575. ISSN   0022-1430.
5. Bjorn (2017-05-03). "Historical Highlights". NAT. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
6. "Agreement (Minister of Food and Foreign Trade Commission of Iceland) - United Kingdom purchase of Icelandic Herring Oil and Frozen White Fish (Valid until date when deliveries under present Agreement are completed)".
7. Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-02-11.
8. "Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Iceland regarding the Reciprocal Abolition of Visas".
9. "Iceland v Norway, 24 July 1947". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
10. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gunnsteinn Skúlason". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
11. Thorarinsson, Sigurdur (1950-12-01). "The eruption of Mt. Hekla 1947 – 1948". Bulletin Volcanologique. 10 (1): 157–168. doi:10.1007/BF02596085. ISSN   1432-0819.