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1980 In Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1980 in Iceland. Incumbents *President – Kristján Eldjárn, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir *Prime Minister – Benedikt Gröndal, Gunnar Thoroddsen Events Births *21 March – Veigar Páll Gunnarsson, footballer *10 May – Dagný Skúladóttir, handball player *22 May – Róbert Gunnarsson, handball player. *25 May – Joey Guðjónsson, footballer *20 July – Sturla Ásgeirsson, handball player. *7 October – Kristján Örn Sigurðsson, footballer *22 October – Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, politician *18 December – Marel Baldvinsson, footballer Deaths *20 October – Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, politician (b. 1894). Full date missing * Jón Guðmundsson, chess player (b. 1904) References {{Year in Europe, 1980 1980s in Iceland Iceland Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980
Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In Saudi Arabia, 63 Islamist insurgents are beheaded for their part in the siege of the Great Mosque in Mecca in November 1979. * January 14 – Indira Gandhi returns to power as Prime Minister of India. * January 20 – At least 200 people are killed when the Corralejas Bullring collapses at Sincelejo, Colombia. * January 21 – The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever of $843 per troy ounce ($2,249.50 in 2020 when adjusted for inflation). * January 22 – Andrei Sakharov, Soviet scientist and human rights activist, is arrested in Moscow. * January 26 – Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations. * January 27 – Canadian Caper: Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, manage to escape from Tehran, Iran, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Guðjónsson
Jóhannes Karl "Joey" Guðjónsson (born 25 May 1980) is an Icelandic former professional footballer and the assistant manager of Iceland. He earned 34 caps for the Iceland national team between 2001 and 2007. His clubs include Real Betis, Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City, AZ Alkmaar and Burnley. He has played in five top-flight league across Europe. Club career Iceland, Belgium & the Netherlands Jóhannes Karl began his professional career in the Icelandic Premier Division with KA of Akureyri at the age of 17. It was not long before he moved abroad, and in 1998, he was transferred to top-flight Belgian outfit, Racing Genk. He made eight appearances for ÍA, scoring once. He only played a handful of matches for Genk and the following season he was loaned out to newly promoted Eredivisie side MVV Maastricht. Again, he only spent one season with the club and then moved to another Dutch club, RKC Waalwijk in a permanent deal, where he had another season-lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 By Country
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar (title), Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus (title), Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I of Byzantium, Marcus I succeeds Olympianus of Byzantium, Olympianus as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s In Iceland
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 In Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1980 in Iceland. Incumbents *President – Kristján Eldjárn, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir *Prime Minister – Benedikt Gröndal, Gunnar Thoroddsen Events Births *21 March – Veigar Páll Gunnarsson, footballer *10 May – Dagný Skúladóttir, handball player *22 May – Róbert Gunnarsson, handball player. *25 May – Joey Guðjónsson, footballer *20 July – Sturla Ásgeirsson, handball player. *7 October – Kristján Örn Sigurðsson, footballer *22 October – Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, politician *18 December – Marel Baldvinsson, footballer Deaths *20 October – Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, politician (b. 1894). Full date missing * Jón Guðmundsson, chess player (b. 1904) References {{Year in Europe, 1980 1980s in Iceland Iceland Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jón Guðmundsson
Jón Guðmundsson (1904 – 1980) was an Icelandic chess player, three-times Icelandic Chess Championship winner (1932, 1936, 1937), Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (1939). Biography In the 1930s Jón Guðmundsson was one of the most promising young chess players in Iceland. He three times won the Icelandic Chess Championship (1932, 1936, 1937). Jón Guðmundsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1930, in the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+3, =4, -10), * In 1937, at second reserve board in the 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+4, =5, -7), * In 1939, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ... (+11, =0, -3) and won individual gold medal for group "B", showing a hundred percent result in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (20 July 1894 – 20 October 1980) was the first actual minister of Foreign Affairs in Iceland from 18 November 1941 to 17 January 1942. He was prime minister of Iceland from 4 February 1947 to 6 December 1949. He was first elected to the Althing in 1934 but did not get reelected in 1937. From 1942 to 1953, he regained his seat in the Althing. He was chairman of the now defunct Social Democratic Party (''Alþýðuflokkurinn'') from 1938 to 1952. He was ambassador of Iceland in Denmark from 1957 to 1965. He was minister for social affairs from 1939 to 1941 and Minister of Foreign and Social Affairs from 1941 to 1942. He was Prime-Minister when Island joined NATO in 1949. He was born in Dagverðareyri, Iceland, to Stefán Ágúst Oddsson and Ólöf Árnadóttir. Stefán gained his degree in Law in 1922. He was Social Affairs Minister in 1939 and Secretary of State in 1940–1942. Stefán died in a hospital in Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marel Baldvinsson
Marel Jóhann Baldvinsson (born 18 December 1980) is an Icelandic football forward who last played for Stjarnan. Club career He started his career in Breiðablik, but moved to Norway early in his career. In October 1997, Marel went on trial with Manchester United. After a fruitless trial with Rosenborg BK, he signed with Stabæk with a deal worth 600,000 Euro. In January 2003 he was sold to the Belgian club Lokeren for just half of what Stabæk paid for him, 300,000 Euro, but with a clause giving 25% of the total transition in a later resale. In 2006, he was forced to cut short his career as a professional footballer due to injuryHe rejoined Breiðablik in his native Iceland. After many impressive displays in the 2006 season, he was recalled into the Iceland national football team, Icelandic national team to face Spain in August 2006. A few days later he returned to professional football when he signed for Norwegian club Molde, in a deal worth 1,5 million Euro. In 2007, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson (born 22 October 1980) is an Icelandic former member of parliament representing Reykjavik Constituency North. He is a member of the Icelandic Pirate Party. First elected in 2013, he did not contest the 2021 election. References Living people Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson (born 22 October 1980) is an Icelandic former member of parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: represent ... 1980 births {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristján Örn Sigurðsson
Kristján Örn Sigurðsson (often spelled Sigurdsson; born 7 October 1980 in Akureyri) is an Icelandic footballer who is a player-assistant manager for Þór. Club career He started his career at his local club ÍF Völsungur Húsavik, and moved to Stoke City in England as a teenager. Failing to grab a place on the first team, he returned to Iceland to play for KR. After the 2004 season he moved to SK Brann in Bergen, Norway where he plays as a defender. He showed acceptable defensive skills, but clear weaknesses in his passing game and general offensive play from his right back position. Before the 2006 season, Kristján was moved into the central defence, after both Ragnvald Soma and Paul Scharner were sold after the 2005 season. Kristján showed that he is a supreme centre back with his great speed - he was tested to be the fastest Brann player on 40 metres relay before the 2006 season. He is also considered to have great strength in the air, even though he is shorter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sturla Ásgeirsson
Sturla Ásgeirsson (born 20 July 1980) is an ex Icelandic handball player who played for Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur in Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s .... External links Sturla Ásgeirssons profileat hsg-duesseldorf.de 1980 births Living people Sturla Asgeirsson Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sturla Asgeirsson Sturla Asgeirsson Sturla Asgeirsson Sturla Asgeirsson Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Róbert Gunnarsson
Róbert Gunnarsson (born 22 May 1980) is an Icelandic handball player who plays for Aarhus Håndbold Aarhus Håndbold was a handball club from Aarhus, Denmark. The club was founded in 2001 originally under the name Århus GF, as an extension of the traditional Aarhus clubs Aarhus Gymnastikforening, AGF, Brabrand IF, VRI and Århus YMCA, KFUM/YM ... and the Icelandic national team as a line player. He has competed for Iceland at three Olympic Games, winning a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. References 1980 births Living people Robert Gunnarsson Robert Gunnarsson Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Robert Gunnarsson Robert Gunnarsson Recipients of the Order of the Falcon Rhein-Neckar Löwen players VfL Gummersbach players Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
