1984 in Iceland

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

4 September—Volcano Krafla erupted

Around 20 August—The first Reykjavík Marathon

Births

• 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.
• 25 May – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, model and beauty contestant, Miss World 2005.
• 14 July – Dagbjört Hákonardóttir, politician
• 30 July – Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir, politician
• 20 September – Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir, footballer
• 28 October – Kári Kristjánsson, handball player.
• 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).
• 16 September – Hallgrímur Fr. Hallgrímsson, businessman (b. 1905)

References