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The following lists events that happened in 1953 in Iceland .
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The following lists events that happened in 1953 in Iceland .
The year 1953 in Iceland was mostly remembered due to the Cambridge Langjökull Expedition which involved exploring the "Ok" volcano known for erupting in the Pleistocene era.
1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.
Óli á Hrauni is an Icelandic television talk show hosted by Ólafur Hannesson and distributed by ÍNN. The show features interviews with politicians, other notable people, and members of the public. It premiered on March 28, 2008. The show has been taped at the HQ of ÍNN from the start.
Kristján Lúðvík Möller is an Icelandic politician. He has been Iceland's Minister of Communications from 2007 to 2010, and a member of the Althing from 1999 to 2016, for the Northwest Iceland constituency (1999–2003) and the Northeast Iceland constituency (2003–2016). He is the older brother of Alma Möller.
Jón Ragnar Jónsson is an Icelandic singer songwriter and a former soccer player. He is signed to Epic Records. He was signed by Epic Records and has released two albums, Wait for Fate in 2011 and Heim in 2014.
Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Unbroken" written by Pálmi Ragnar Ásgeirsson, Ásgeir Orri Ásgeirsson, Sæþór Kristjánsson and María Ólafsdóttir. The song was performed by María Ólafs. The Icelandic entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria was selected through the national final Söngvakeppnin 2015, organised by the Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV). The selection consisted of two semi-finals and a final, held on 31 January, 7 February and 14 February 2015, respectively. Six songs competed in each semi-final with the top three as selected by a public televote alongside a jury wildcard advancing to the final. In the final, the winner was selected over two rounds of voting: the first involved a 50/50 combination of jury voting and public televoting, which reduced the seven competing entries to two superfinalists and the second round selected the winner exclusively through public televoting. "Unbroken" performed by María Ólafs emerged as the winner after gaining 55.89% of the public vote.
The following lists events that happened in 1977 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1971 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1970 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1968 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1957 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1943 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1937 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1926 in Iceland.
The following lists events that happened in 1922 in Iceland.
Kristján is an Icelandic masculine given name.
The following lists events in 1911 in Iceland.
Alma Dagbjört Möller is an Icelandic doctor. On 1 April 2018 she became the first woman to serve as the Director of Health since the office was established in 1760. Since February 2020, she has been one of the lead members of the Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland.
Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with "Með hækkandi sól" performed by Systur. The Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) organised the national final Söngvakeppnin2022 in order to select the Icelandic entry for the contest. The national final consisted of three shows: two semi-finals on 26 February and 5 March 2022 and a final on 12 March 2022.