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]

Scheduled

• 2024–25 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) ^[4]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Iceland

Source: ^[5]

• 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. ^[6]
• 24 January – Ellert Schram, 85, footballer and politician. ^{[7] [8]}
• 2 February – Björgólfur Guðmundsson, 84. ^[9]
• 4 April – Friðrik Ólafsson, 90, chess grandmaster. ^[10]
• 12 April – Steindór Andersen, 70, musician. ^[11]
• 30 June – Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson, 61, politician. ^[12]

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. Þórhallsson, Runólfur Trausti (2024-05-23). "Íslandsmeistarinn Sverrir Þór hættur með Keflavík Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-05-29.
5. "Iceland Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
6. Reynir Traustason (2025-01-04). "Sorg vegna fráfalls Árna Grétars Futuregrapher: "Einlægur, hjartahlýr og óendanlega kærleiksríkur"". mannlif.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
7. Jakob Bjarnar Grétarsson (24 January 2025). "Ellert B. Schram er fallinn frá". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 January 2025.
8. "Andlát: Ellert B. Schram". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
9. Grétar Þór Sigurðsson (2025-02-04). "Björgólfur Guðmundsson látinn" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-02-04.
10. Grétar Þór Sigurðsson (2025-04-07). "Friðrik Ólafsson látinn" (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
11. Haukur Hólm (2025-04-16). "Steindór Andersen látinn" (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
12. Robért Jóhannsson (2025-07-01). "Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson er látinn" (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 2025-07-01.

External links

• Online calendar