The following lists events that happened in
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
in
Iceland.
Incumbents
*
President –
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
*
Prime Minister –
Ólafur Thors,
Hermann Jónasson
Events
Births
*21 April –
Jóhann Sigurðarson, actor and singer
*16 May –
Þorbergur Aðalsteinsson, handball player
*29 May –
Bjarni Friðriksson
Bjarni Friðriksson (born 29 May 1956) is a retired Icelandic judoka. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's half heavyweight (95 kg) category, together with Günther Neureuther of West Germany. He remains the ...
, judoka
*06 June -
Bubbi Morthens, musician
*30 July –
Árni Sigfússon
Árni Sigfússon (born 30 July 1956) is the former mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland's capital and of Reykjanesbær (2002 - June 2014).
As a city council member since 1986, he stepped in as a mayor in Reykjavík for a few months for his party in 199 ...
, politician
*15 August –
Helgi Ólafsson
Helgi Ólafsson (born 15 August 1956) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He is a six-time Icelandic Chess Champion.
Chess career
A native of Heimaey, the largest and sole populated island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the south coast o ...
, chess grandmaster
*27 August –
Magnús Bergs, footballer
*21 September –
Jón Gunnarsson, politician.
Deaths
References
{{Year in Europe, 1956
1950s in Iceland
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