1947 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened in 1947 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Sveinn Björnsson
• Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson

Events

• Iceland formally takes membership alongside Afghanistan and Sweden into the United Nations, after being admitted the year prior.
• Icelandic government reserves fall below $1,000,000.
• Herring catch industry experiences growth, at the same time that transportation costs worsen inflation.

March

• 29 March - The Hekla eruption deposits tephra across South Iceland’s glaciers, influencing ablation rates and dynamics. It continues to erupt uninterrupted for 13 months.

May

• 22 May - The United Kingdom and Iceland sign an agreement for Icelandic herring oil and frozen white fish to be purchased from Iceland, to the United Kingdom.

June

• 17 June - Icelandic airline Loftleiðir commences its first international flight, from Reykjavík to Copenhagen.
• 20 June - The United Kingdom and Iceland sign an agreement to abolish visa requirements for their citizens.

July

• 24 July - The National Icelandic Association Football team lost 2-4 to the Norwegian team in an international friendly, with an attendance of 10,000 fans at Melavollur.

Births

• 20 February – Eggert Magnússon, businessman
• 4 March – Gunnar Hansen, actor (d. 2015)
• 29 June – Ágúst Guðmundsson, film director and screenwriter
• 24 August – Ólafur Haukur Símonarson, novelist and playwright
• 8 September – Halldór Ásgrímsson, politician (d. 2015)
• 25 September – Guðmundur Sigurjónsson, chess grandmaster
• 26 October – Gísli Guðjónsson, professor of forensic psychology
• 31 October – Gunnsteinn Skúlason, handball player.

Deaths

• 12 September – Thor Philip Axel Jensen, Danish entrepreneur who settled in Iceland (b. 1863)
• 2 November - Steinthór Sigurdsson, director of Iceland’s State Research Institute (b. 1904)

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