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1990 In Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1990 in Iceland. Incumbents *President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir *Prime Minister – Steingrímur Hermannsson Events Births *4 February – Karen Knútsdóttir, handball player *5 February – Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir, politician *14 March – Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, footballer *30 March – Stella Sigurðardóttir, handball player *29 April – Kristinn Steindórsson, footballer. *13 May – Ólafur Guðmundsson, handball player *19 May – Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson, handball player *29 May – Björn Daníel Sverrisson, footballer *4 August – Kristinn Jónsson, footballer *29 September – Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir, footballer *16 October – Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, singer *27 October – Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson, footballer Full date missing * Sunneva Einarsdóttir, handball player Deaths *1 September – Geir Hallgrímsson, politician (b. 1925). *1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astrophysics, astrophysicist Carl Sagan states: "''That's here. That's home. That's us.''" ; West Germany and East Germany German reunification, reunify; Police stand on-guard during the Poll tax riots in the United Kingdom; Iraq under Saddam Hussein Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, invades Kuwait, beginning the Gulf War; The 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake kills between 35,000 - 50,000 people in Iran; The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1990 FIFA World Cup rect 200 0 400 200 Human Genome Project rect 400 0 600 200 Pale Blue Dot rect 0 200 300 400 Hubble Space Telescope rect 300 200 600 400 German reunification rect 0 400 200 600 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake rect 200 400 400 600 I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Daníel Sverrisson
Björn Daníel Sverrisson is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for FH as a midfielder. Career Björn has played club football in Iceland and Norway for FH and Viking FK. Björn signed with Danish club AGF in 2018, but at the end of his contract which was at the end of the year, he left again. , agf.dk, 18 December 2018 He made his international debut for 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 ...
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1990 By Country
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 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 * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s In Iceland
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 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 * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1990 in Iceland. Incumbents *President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir *Prime Minister – Steingrímur Hermannsson Events Births *4 February – Karen Knútsdóttir, handball player *5 February – Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir, politician *14 March – Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, footballer *30 March – Stella Sigurðardóttir, handball player *29 April – Kristinn Steindórsson, footballer. *13 May – Ólafur Guðmundsson, handball player *19 May – Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson, handball player *29 May – Björn Daníel Sverrisson, footballer *4 August – Kristinn Jónsson, footballer *29 September – Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir, footballer *16 October – Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, singer *27 October – Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson, footballer Full date missing * Sunneva Einarsdóttir, handball player Deaths *1 September – Geir Hallgrímsson, politician (b. 1925). *1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefán Kristjánsson (alpine Skier)
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Stefán Kristjánsson (30 June 1924 – 1 September 1990) was an Icelandic alpine skier. He competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics and the 1956 Winter Olympics. References 1924 births 1990 deaths Stefán Kristjánsson Stefán Kristjánsson Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Stefán Kristjánsson Stefán Kristjánsson (8 December 1982 – 28 February 2018) was an Icelandic chess grandmaster and professional poker player. Stefán began playing chess at the age of 11 and earned his international master title in 2002, at age 19. He won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geir Hallgrímsson
Geir Hallgrímsson (16 December 1925 – 1 September 1990) was the prime minister of Iceland for the Independence Party from 28 August 1974 to 1 September 1978. Before that he had been mayor of Reykjavík and a member of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. Early life and education Geir Hallgrímsson was born in Reykjavík and educated at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík and at the University of Iceland, where he studied law; he spent a year in the US at Harvard University, studying law and economics. Career Geir was mayor of Reykjavík from 1959 to 1972. During his term he greatly expanded the city and improved its infrastructure. Under his guidance the geothermal heating system was expanded to the whole city; it had previously only been available to less than half. He also improved the streets by turning the mostly gravel roads into modern asphalt streets. He was popular as mayor and in an open primary for the municipal elections he won 99% of the votes in 1970. In the fall of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunneva Einarsdóttir
Sunneva Einarsdóttir (born January 3rd 1990) is an Icelandic team handball goalkeeper. She plays on the Icelandic national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ... in Brazil. References 1996 births Living people Sunneva Einarsdottir {{Iceland-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Burnley and the Iceland national team. Jóhann began his senior career at Breiðablik for a single season before moving to Dutch team AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie where they also participated in the Europa League. After a few seasons with them, he joined Championship side Charlton Athletic for two seasons, then to newly promoted club Burnley where he featured for most of the 2017–18 season in qualifying for the Europa League. Jóhann was part of the Iceland national team in both the UEFA Euro 2016 and 2018 FIFA World Cup, the former competition saw him assisting Iceland's first ever goal in a major tournament. Club career Breiðablik Born in Reykjavík, Jóhann started his career at Breiðablik, but moved to England early in his career when his parent decided to relocate there. He had spells with the youth team at Chelsea and then with fellow South-W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (born 16 October 1990), known outside Iceland as Yohanna, is an Icelandic-Danish singer. Beginning her music career as a child singer, Yohanna received international recognition after representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song " Is It True?", placing as the runner-up. This tied for the best result Iceland had ever achieved in the contest. Following the success at Eurovision, she released the studio album ''Butterflies and Elvis'' (2009). Following Eurovision 2009, Yohanna has since attempted to represent Iceland again on two occasions. In 2011, she reached the finals of '' Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011'' with the song "Nótt", and later won the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2011 as well, while she failed to reach the finals in '' Söngvakeppnin 2013'' with the song "Þú". Early life Yohanna was born in Copenhagen to Icelandic parents Jón Sverrir Sverrison, an electrical engineer, and Margrét Steinþórsdóttir, a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir
Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (born 29 September 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club Juventus FC and captains the Iceland women's national team. Sara Björk has been part of the Iceland women's national football team since 2007 and represented her country at the 2009, 2013 2017 and 2022 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship. She is the only woman to have been named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year twice, in 2018 and 2020. In August 2020, she became the first Icelander to win the UEFA Women's Champions League. Club career Sara Björk joined local team Haukar at the age of six and remained until she was 18. After three subsequent seasons with Breiðablik, she left Iceland in 2011, to sign a three-year professional contract with Swedish club LdB FC Malmö. She was an immediate success in Sweden, contributing 12 goals as Malmö won the Damallsvenskan title. In August 2013 she announced the extension of her Malm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristinn Jónsson
Kristinn Jónsson (born 4 August 1990) is an Icelandic football player, currently playing for Icelandic club Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur. Breiðablik Kristinn came through the youth ranks at Breiðablik, making his first appearance for the senior team in 2007, then at age 17. He won the Icelandic Cup with Breiðablik in 2009 and the national title in 2010. In 2015, Kristinn was voted the Úrvalsdeild player of the season by Icelandic national paper Morgunblaðið. Brommapojkarna (loan) On 1 January 2014, Kristinn moved to Swedish Allsvenskan side Brommapojkarna on loan from Breiðablik. Sarpsborg On 26 November 2015, Kristinn moved to Norwegian Tippeligaen club Sarpsborg 08 Sarpsborg 08 Fotballforening, commonly known as Sarpsborg 08 or simply Sarpsborg (), is a Norwegian football club based in Sarpsborg, playing in Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08 and its predecessors played in 1. divisjon from 2005 to 2010. In 2010, the .... International career At the age of 20 Kristinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
