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1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

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 Christian X ( da, Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 to his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, in the form of a personal union rather ...

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 ...

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Jón Þorláksson Jón Þorláksson (3 March 1877 – 20 March 1935) was prime minister of Iceland from 8 July 1926 to 28 August 1927. He was the only leader of the Conservative Party (''Íhaldsflokkurinn'') which merged with the Liberal Party to form the Indep ...

Tryggvi Þórhallsson Tryggvi Þórhallsson (9 February 1889 – 31 July 1935) was prime minister of Iceland from 28 August 1927 to 3 June 1932. He served as speaker of the Althing in 1933. He was a member of the Progressive Party. He was the Minister of Finance of ...

Events

*9 July –

Icelandic parliamentary election, 1927 Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 9 July 1927.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p961 Voters elected all 28 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Uppe ...

*28 August – The Cabinet of Tryggvi Þórhallsson formed *

1927 Úrvalsdeild The 1927 Úrvalsdeild is an season of top-flight Icelandic football. Overview The number of teams dropped back to four as ÍBV did not enter. KR won the championship.

Births

*2 February –

Gísli Halldórsson Gísli Halldórsson (2 February 1927 – 27 July 1998) was an Icelandic actor of theatre, radio, film and television, and one of the most popular Icelandic actors of the late twentieth century. He is known internationally for playing the lead r ...

, actor (d. 1998) *29 March –

Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (29 March 1927 – 2 March 2010) was an Icelandic folklorist, philologist, and theologian. He was the first professor of folklore at the University of Iceland and published extensively, particularly on Old Norse religi ...

, scholar and folklorist (d. 2010) *3 July –

Salome Þorkelsdóttir Salome Þorkelsdóttir, sometimes transliterated as Salome Thorkelsdottir, (born 3 July 1927) is a retired Icelandic politician and first woman to be Speaker of the unicameral Althing. Before that she had been Speaker of the Upper House of the ...

, politician *14 September –

Ari Guðmundsson Ari Guðmundsson (14 September 1927 – 6 September 2003) was an Icelandic swimmer and ski jumper who competed in the 1940s and 1950s. He competed in two freestyle swimming events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He finished 35th in the individ ...

, ski jumper (d. 2003) *8 October –

Ívar Stefánsson Ívar Stefánsson (8 October 1927 – 17 July 2009) was an Icelandic cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 29th in the event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and mo ...

, cross country skier (d. 2009)

Full date missing

* Sigurdur Helgason, mathematician

Deaths

*23 February –

Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (28 June 1847 – 23 February 1927) was an Icelandic composer best known for composing " Lofsöngur", the national anthem of Iceland. Early life and education Sveinbjörn was born in Seltjarnarnes. He was studying divi ...

, composer (b. 1847).

References

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