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1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

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 ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

– Kristján X *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

– Sigurður Eggerz

Events

*27 October – Icelandic parliamentary election, 1923 *

1923 Úrvalsdeild The 1923 Úrvalsdeild is an season of top-flight Icelandic football. Overview It was contested by 4 teams, and Fram won the championship.

Births

*5 February – Friðjón Þórðarson, politician (d. 2009). *25 February – Jón Örn Jónasson, footballer *26 March – Hörður Óskarsson, footballer *10 April –

Gunnlaugur Lárusson Gunnlaugur is an Icelandic given name, originally from Old Norse Gunnlaugr . Notable people with the name include: * Gunnlaugur Jónsson (born 1974), Icelandic football manager * Gunnlaugur Scheving (1904–1972), Icelandic painter * Gunnlaugr Le ...

, footballer *5 May – Magnús Torfi Ólafsson, politician (d. 1998) *2 June –

Einar Halldórsson Einar is a Scandinavian given name deriving from the Old Norse name Einarr, which according to Guðbrandur Vigfússon is directly connected with the concept of the einherjar, warriors who died in battle and ascended to Valhalla in Norse mythology ...

, footballer *3 June –

Pálmi Jónsson Pálmi Jónsson (June 3, 1923 – April 4, 1991) was an Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur born in Hofsós, Iceland who founded the large Icelandic supermarket chain Hagkaup, and pioneered the inception of Kringlan Kringlan () is a shopping ...

, businessman (d. 1991) *29 June –

Guðmundur Kjærnested Guðmundur Hjaltason Halldórsson Kjærnested (29 June 1923 – 2 September 2005) was an Icelandic commander in the Icelandic Coast Guard and took part in all three Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars. Life Born in Hafnarfjörður, he is most famous ...

, military officer (d. 2005) *21 July –

Tómas Árnason Tómas Árnason (21 July 1923 – 24 December 2014) was an Icelandic politician and former minister. He was the Minister of Finance of Iceland from 1978 to 1979. He was the governor of Central Bank of Iceland The Central Bank of Icela ...

, politician (d. 2014). *1 October – Hafsteinn Guðmundsson, footballer *5 October – Albert Guðmundsson, footballer (d.

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

) *4 November –

Gunnar Huseby Gunnar Alexander Huseby (4 November 1923 – 28 May 1995) was an Icelandic track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw events. He won consecutive gold medals at the European Athletics Championships in 1946 and 1950, bec ...

, track and field athlete (d. 1995) *24 November –

Halldóra Eldjárn Halldóra Eldjárn (24 November 1923 – 21 December 2008) was the wife of Icelandic President Kristján Eldjárn and First Lady of Iceland from 1968 to 1980. Halldóra Ingólfsdóttir was born and raised in Ísafjörður. Her parents were Ing� ...

, First Lady of Iceland (d. 2008)

Deaths

References

{{Year in Europe, 1923 1920s in Iceland

Years of the 20th century in Iceland