2025 in Iceland

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Events in the year 2025 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• President: Halla Tómasdóttir
• Prime Minister: Kristrún Frostadóttir
• Althing: 2024-present Althing
• Speaker of the Althing: Birgir Ármannsson
• President of the Supreme Court: Karl Axelsson

Events

• 20 March – Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir resigns as minister for children after admitting that she had given birth to a child in 1989 following a relationship with a 15-year old boy when she was a 22-year old counsellor at a religious group. ^[1]
• 1 April – 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions: The Sundhnúksgígar crater erupts again, prompting the evacuation of nearby Grindavík and the Blue Lagoon. ^[2]
• 16 July – 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions: The Sundhnúksgígar crater erupts again, prompting the evacuation of nearby Grindavík and the Blue Lagoon. ^[3]
• 16 September – Iceland signs a free trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc. ^[4]
• 27 September – Snæfellsnes National Park is designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO. ^[5]

Scheduled

• 2024–25 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) ^[6]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Iceland

Source: ^[7]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 28 March – Maundy Thursday
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 31 March – Easter Sunday
• 1 April – Easter Monday
• 25 April – First day of summer
• 1 May – May Day
• 9 May – Ascension Day
• 19 May – Whit Sunday
• 20 May – Whit Monday
• 17 June – National Day
• 5 August – Commerce Day
• 24 December – Christmas Eve
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day
• 31 December – New Year's Eve

Art and entertainment

• List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

• 3 January – Futuregrapher, 41, musician. ^[8]
• 24 January – Ellert Schram, 85, footballer and politician. ^{[9] [10]}
• 2 February – Björgólfur Guðmundsson, 84. ^[11]
• 4 April – Friðrik Ólafsson, 90, chess grandmaster. ^[12]
• 12 April – Steindór Andersen, 70, musician. ^[13]
• 30 June – Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson, 61, politician. ^[14]

References

1. Luckhurst, Toby (2025-03-21). "Iceland minister who had a child with a teenager 30 years ago quits". BBC. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
2. Rossiter, Emma (1 April 2025). "Iceland volcano erupts after Blue Lagoon evacuated". BBC. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
3. "Iceland volcano eruption forces evacuation of town and iconic geothermal spa". AP News. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
4. "South America's Mercosur bloc signs trade deal with 4 European countries". AP News . 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
5. "The Bright Side: UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves including France's Lake Bourget". France 24. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
6. Þórhallsson, Runólfur Trausti (2024-05-23). "Íslandsmeistarinn Sverrir Þór hættur með Keflavík Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-05-29.
7. "Iceland Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
8. Reynir Traustason (2025-01-04). "Sorg vegna fráfalls Árna Grétars Futuregrapher: "Einlægur, hjartahlýr og óendanlega kærleiksríkur"". mannlif.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
9. Jakob Bjarnar Grétarsson (24 January 2025). "Ellert B. Schram er fallinn frá". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 January 2025.
10. "Andlát: Ellert B. Schram". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
11. Grétar Þór Sigurðsson (2025-02-04). "Björgólfur Guðmundsson látinn" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-02-04.
12. Grétar Þór Sigurðsson (2025-04-07). "Friðrik Ólafsson látinn" (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
13. Haukur Hólm (2025-04-16). "Steindór Andersen látinn" (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
14. Robért Jóhannsson (2025-07-01). "Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson er látinn" (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 2025-07-01.

External links

• Online calendar