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See also: | Other events in 1942 · Timeline of Icelandic history |
The following lists events that happened in 1942 in Iceland.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch - Kristján X
- Prime Minister – Hermann Jónasson, Ólafur Thors, Björn Þórðarson
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (Occupied)
Events
[edit]Births
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Islands_statsminister_Johanna_Sigurdardottir_vid_pressmote_under_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Stockholm_2009_%282%29.jpg/100px-Islands_statsminister_Johanna_Sigurdardottir_vid_pressmote_under_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Stockholm_2009_%282%29.jpg)
- 9 January – Eysteinn Björnsson, writer
- 23 January – Sighvatur Kristinn Björgvinsson, politician.[1]
- 11 June – Jón Halldór Kristjánsson, politician
- 12 August – Þorsteinn Gylfason, philosopher (d. 2005)
- 4 October – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, politician
- 21 October – Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir, poet and translator (d. 2016)
- 2 December – Anna G. Jónasdóttir, political scientist
Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sighvatur Björgvinsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 July 2016.