1984 in Iceland

← 1983 1982 1981 1984 in Iceland → 1985 1986 1987
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See also:	Other events of 1984 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1984 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
• Prime Minister – Steingrímur Hermannsson

Events

11 March—The boat Hellisey VE-503 sank ^[1]

4 September—Volcano Krafla erupted ^[2]

Around 20 August—The first Reykjavík Marathon

Births

Sölvi Ottesen

• 7 February – Smári McCarthy, innovator and information activist
• 17 February – Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, handball player
• 18 February – Sölvi Ottesen, footballer
• 27 April – Hannes Þór Halldórsson, footballer. ^[3]
• 25 May – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, model and beauty contestant, Miss World 2005.
• 14 July – Dagbjört Hákonardóttir, politician ^[4]
• 30 July – Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir, politician ^[5]
• 20 September – Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir, footballer
• 28 October – Kári Kristjánsson, handball player. ^[6]
• 29 October – Ásta Birna Gunnarsdóttir, handball player

Deaths

• 11 July – Ragnar Jonsson, art patron, book publisher and art collector (b. 1904)
• 18 July – Ingólfur Jónsson, politician (b. 1909). ^[7]
• 16 September – Hallgrímur Fr. Hallgrímsson, businessman (b. 1905)

References

1. "A modern-day Viking - the Heroic Deed of the Fisherman Gu..." Guide to Iceland. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
2. "Global Volcanism Program | Report on Krafla (Iceland) — August 1984" . volcano.si.edu. doi:10.5479/si.gvp.sean198408-373080 . Retrieved 2022-11-20.
3. "Halldórsson, Hannes". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
4. "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Dagbjört Hákonardóttir" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
5. "Á hátt í 100 kjóla". sunnlenska.is (in Icelandic). Selfoss, Iceland. 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kári Kristján Kristjánsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
7. "Ingólfur Jónsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 July 2016.