The following lists events that happened in
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
in
Iceland.
Incumbents
*
Monarch -
Kristján X
*
Prime Minister –
Hermann Jónasson,
Ólafur Thors,
Björn Þórðarson
*
Franklin D. Roosevelt (
Occupied
' (Norwegian: ') is a Norwegian political thriller TV series that premiered on TV2 on 5 October 2015. Based on an original idea by Jo Nesbø, the series is co-created with Karianne Lund and Erik Skjoldbjærg. Season 2 premiered on 10 October 2 ...
)
Events
Births
*9 January –
Eysteinn Björnsson
Eysteinn Björnsson (born Stöðvarfjörður January 9, 1942) is an Icelandic writer.
Career
From 1954 Eysteinn lived in Siglufjörður, graduated from Menntaskólinn á Akureyri in 1961, and went on to study Icelandic, English, and geography a ...
, writer
*23 January –
Sighvatur Kristinn Björgvinsson, politician.
*11 June –
Jón Halldór Kristjánsson
Jón Halldór Kristjánsson (born 11 June 1942) is an Icelandic politician and former Minister of Social Affairs.
External links
Biography
1942 births
Living people
Jon Halldor Kristjansson
Jon Halldor Kristjansson
Jon Halldor ...
, politician
*12 August –
Þorsteinn Gylfason
Þorsteinn Gylfason (12 August 1942 – 16 August 2005) was an Icelandic philosopher, translator, musician and poet. Þorsteinn distinguished himself in Icelandic public life with his writings in newspapers, journals and publications.
His li ...
, philosopher (d. 2005)
*4 October –
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, politician
*21 October –
Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir
Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (21 October 1942 – 7 November 2016) was an Icelandic poet and translator. She lived in Cuba from 1970 to 1975 and also lived in the U.S.S.R. for a time. She has had six books of poetry published. In translations sh ...
, poet and translator (d. 2016)
*2 December –
Anna G. Jónasdóttir
Anna Guðrún Jónasdóttir (born 2 December 1942) is an Icelandic political science, political scientist and gender studies academic. She is Professor Emerita at the Center for Feminist Social Studies at Örebro University and co-director of the ...
, political scientist
Deaths
References
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1940s in Iceland
Iceland
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Years of the 20th century in Iceland