1974 in Iceland

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The following lists events that happened in 1974 in Iceland .

1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1970s decade.

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of 358,780 and an area of 103,000 km² (40,000 sq mi), making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Reykjavík, with Reykjavík and the surrounding areas in the southwest of the country being home to over two-thirds of the population. Iceland is volcanically and geologically active. The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains, and glaciers, and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, with most of the archipelago having a tundra climate.

Incumbents

The President of Iceland is the Icelandic elected head of state. The incumbent is Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, who is now in his first term as president, elected in 2016.

Kristján Eldjárn was the third President of Iceland, from 1968 to 1980.

The Prime Minister of Iceland is Iceland's head of government. The prime minister is appointed formally by the President and exercises executive authority along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary support.

Events

Geirfinnur case

Births

Gardar Thor Cortes GardarThorCortes-Iceland-20071221.jpg — Garðar Thór Cortes

25 February – Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, actress
27 March – Kristján Helgason, snooker player
2 May – Garðar Thór Cortes, singer
6 May – Birkir Hólm Guðnason, business leader
13 June – Selma Björnsdóttir, actress and singer
11 July – Hermann Hreiðarsson, footballer
3 September – Guðmundur Benediktsson, footballer.^[1]
17 September – Helgi Sigurðsson, footballer

Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir is an Icelandic actress and producer. She is known for Children (2006), Trapped (2015) and Undercurrent (2010).

Kristján Helgason is an Icelandic former professional snooker player.

Garðar Thór Cortes, is an Icelandic tenor of Icelandic and English parentage. A former child actor, Garðar subsequently trained as a singer in Vienna, Copenhagen and London. He has performed various leading tenor roles in operas, as well as a leading part in The Phantom of the Opera in London's West End. While insisting that he is first and foremost a classical opera singer, it was with his classical crossover album Cortes, released in Iceland in 2005, that Garðar came to prominence. His debut album in the UK, also titled Cortes, was released on 16 April 2007 and entered the UK Classical Charts at number 1.

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Guðmundur Þór Kárason, puppet designer and puppeteer

Guðmundur Þór Kárason is an Icelandic puppet designer and puppeteer, best known for his work on LazyTown.

Deaths

4 March – Guðni Jónsson, professor of history and editor of Old Norse texts (b. 1901)
20 April – Guðmundur Guðmundsson, chess player (b. 1918)
21 September – Sigurður Nordal, scholar, writer and ambassador (b. 1876)
8 November – Sesselja Sigmundsdottir, pioneer in the fields of pedagogy and the care for the mentally disabled (b 1902)
12 November – Þórbergur Þórðarson, author and Esperantist (b. 1888 or 1889)

Guðni Jónsson was an Icelandic professor of history and editor of Old Norse texts.

Guðmundur Guðmundsson was an Icelandic chess player, Icelandic Chess Championship winner (1954).

Sigurður Nordal was an Icelandic scholar, writer and ambassador. He was influential in forming the theory of the Icelandic sagas as works of literature composed by individual authors.

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References

↑ "Gudmundur Benediktsson". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

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[1] "Gudmundur Benediktsson". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.