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2021 In Iceland
Events in the year 2021 in Iceland. Incumbents * President of Iceland, President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson * Prime Minister of Iceland, Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir * Althing: List of members of the parliament of Iceland, 2017-present Althing * List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iceland, Speaker of the Althing: Steingrímur J. Sigfússon * List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Iceland, President of the Supreme Court: Karl Axelsson Events * Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland * 20 August – Netflix, Netflix Iceland releases The Loud House Movie. * 25 September – The 2021 Icelandic parliamentary election, parliamentary election for the Althing. Deaths * 1 January - Ágúst Herbert Guðmundsson, basketball player (b. 1967) * 18 January – Svavar Gestsson, politician (b. 1944) * 24 January - Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, (b. 1950) * 14 June - Gunnar Birgisson, (b. 1947) * 9 July - Þórunn Egilsdóttir, (b. 1964) * 10 September - Jón Sigurðsson (politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 surrounding areas) is home to over 65% of the population. Iceland is the biggest part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that rises above sea level, and its central volcanic plateau is erupting almost constantly. The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains, and glaciers, and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate. According to the ancient manuscript , the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágúst Herbert Guðmundsson
Ágúst Herbert Guðmundsson (26 August 1967 – 1 January 2021) was an Icelandic basketball coach and player. Early life Ágúst was born in Patreksfjörður, Iceland but moved at a young age to Hafnarfjörður where he started playing basketball with Haukar's junior teams. He later moved to Akureyri and played several seasons with Þór Akureyri. Coaching career Ágúst was the head coach of Þór Akureyri Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, Iceland. It features departments in Basketball, football, Handball and Taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from A ... from 1998 to 2001. He continued to coach the club's junior teams until 2017. Death In 2017, Ágúst was diagnosed with Motor neuron disease. He died from the illness on 1 January 2021. Personal life Ágúst was married to Guðrún Gísladóttir with whom he had three children, including basketball player Júlíus Orri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Of The 21st Century In Iceland
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the mean yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s In Iceland
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Iceland
Events in the year 2021 in Iceland. Incumbents * President of Iceland, President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson * Prime Minister of Iceland, Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir * Althing: List of members of the parliament of Iceland, 2017-present Althing * List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iceland, Speaker of the Althing: Steingrímur J. Sigfússon * List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Iceland, President of the Supreme Court: Karl Axelsson Events * Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland * 20 August – Netflix, Netflix Iceland releases The Loud House Movie. * 25 September – The 2021 Icelandic parliamentary election, parliamentary election for the Althing. Deaths * 1 January - Ágúst Herbert Guðmundsson, basketball player (b. 1967) * 18 January – Svavar Gestsson, politician (b. 1944) * 24 January - Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, (b. 1950) * 14 June - Gunnar Birgisson, (b. 1947) * 9 July - Þórunn Egilsdóttir, (b. 1964) * 10 September - Jón Sigurðsson (politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egill Skúli Ingibergsson
Egill Skúli Ingibergsson (23 March 1926 – 22 December 2021) was an Icelandic electrical engineer and the Mayor of Reykjavík from 1978 to 1982. Death Egill died on 22 December 2021, at the age of 95, at Landspítalinn's palliative care unit in Kópavogur Kópavogur () is a town in Iceland that is the country's second largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region. The name literally means ''seal pup inlet''. The town seal contains t .... References 1926 births 2021 deaths Egill Skuli Ingibergsson Egill Skuli Ingibergsson Egill Skuli Ingibergsson Egill Skuli Ingibergsson {{engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Guðmundsdóttir (actress)
María Guðmundsdóttir (9 November 1935 – 14 December 2021) was an Icelandic actress. She started acting at the age of 60 and was known for Áramótaskaupið, Steypustöðin, Ungfrúin góða og húsið, Næturvaktin, Steindinn okkar, Stella í framboði and Perlur og Svín. Filmography * '' Pearls and Swine'' (1997) * ''Ungfrúin góða og húsið'' (1999) * ''Stella í framboði'' (2002) * '' Heiðin'' (2008) * '' Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead'' (2014) Television * ''Konfekt'' (2001) * '' Steindinn okkar'' (2010–2012) * ''Næturvaktin'' (2011) * '' Steypustöðin'' (2017–2018) * ''Áramótaskaupið ''Áramótaskaupið'' ("The New Year's Lampoon") is an annual Icelandic television comedy special, broadcast on New Year's Eve by the state public service broadcaster RÚV. Initially aired on radio, and later moving to television, it features ske ...'' (2019) References External links 1935 births 2021 deaths Maria Gudmundsdottir Maria Gudmundsdottir Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjölnir Geir Bragason
Fjölnir Geir Bragason (5 February 1965 – 11 December 2021) was an Icelandic tattoo artist. Commonly known as Fjölnir Tattoo, he was known as one of Iceland's foremost tattoo artists. Early life and education Fjölnir started studying in preschool at the old Stýrimannaskólinn, then went to Breiðagerðisskóli, Hlíðaskóli and graduated from Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð ( en, Hamrahlíð College, and usually referred to as MH) is a public gymnasium located in Hlíðahverfi, Reykjavík, Iceland. The school was founded in 1966 by the Icelandic Ministry of Education; with the first ... in 1990. He graduated from the Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts in 2000, where his dissertation dealt with tattooing, but he had been working in the field since 1995. Personal life Fjölnir was the son of artist Bragi Ásgeirsson. References 1965 births 2021 deaths Fjolnir Geir Bragason Fjolnir Geir Bragason Fjolnir Geir Bragason Fjolnir Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir
Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (18 July 1930 – 16 September 2021) was an Icelandic writer, poet and teacher. She published her first book of poetry in 1960 and became one of the few women in Iceland to write modernist poetry. Her third book of poems, ''Kyndilmessa'' (1971; Candlemass), has been described as a "breakthrough".Tierney 1999: 679. Innovative features in her works include the use of colloquial language and images of daily life. Like Jón úr Vör she combined lyrical realism with romantic imagery. Vilborg was active in the feminist movement, and her works are concerned with the status of women in society as well as social inequality in general. She published a number of books for children, including non-fiction works and translations. Early life Vilborg was born in Vestdalseyri, Seyðisfjörður in the Eastern Region of Iceland.Gerður Kristný. 24 October 2020. "Også de var barn" and they too were children" Klassekampen Bokmagasinet. P. 7 She studied to become a tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jón Sigurðsson (politician, Born 1946)
Jón Sigurðsson (23 August 1946 – 10 September 2021) was an Icelandic politician. He was brought in as Minister of Industry and Commerce (Iceland), Minister of Industry and Commerce for the Progressive Party (Iceland), Progressive Party when Halldór Ásgrímsson abandoned politics. He was later elected party chairman from 2006 to 2007 but resigned after he failed to win a seat in the Althing (Iceland's parliament). Prior to that, he had been governor of the Central Bank of Iceland from 2003 to 2006. Early life and career Jón was born in Kollafjörður, Iceland, to Sigurður Ellert Ólason, a lawyer, and Unnur Kolbeinsdóttir, a teacher. Jón studied at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, where he graduated in 1966. From there, he studied Icelandic and history at the University of Iceland. He graduated with a BA degree in those subjects three years later. Jón took on the job of editor of Tíminn in 1978 and served there until 1981. After that he became principal of Samvinnuskól ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Egilsdóttir
Þórunn Egilsdóttir (; 23 November 1964 – 9 July 2021) was an Icelandic politician who was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Northeast Constituency from 2013 until her death, and she also served as chairman of the parliamentary group of the Progressive Party since 2016. Þórunn died from breast cancer at a hospital in Akureyri Akureyri (, locally ) is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's fifth-largest municipality, after Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær and Kópavogur, and the largest town outside Iceland's more populated southwest corner. Nickn ... on 9 July 2021, aged 56. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Birgisson
Gunnar Ingi Birgisson (30 September 1947 – 14 June 2021) was an Icelandic politician. Birgisson was a member of Alþingi and a mayor of Kópavogur and Fjallabyggð. He coined the saying "Það er gott að búa í Kópavogi" ("It's good to live in Kópavogur"), which is now regarded as the unofficial motto of Kópavogur. He held a doctorate in engineering from the University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in .... His doctoral essay about how lava fields performed as foundations. His maternal half brother, Kristinn Halldór Gunnarsson, was also a prominent politician. References * * External linksOfficial website 1947 births 2021 deaths Gunnar Birgisson Gunnar Birgisson Gunnar Birgisson Gunnar Birgisson {{Iceland-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
