The following lists events that happened in 1980 in

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 ...

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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

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Kristján Eldjárn Kristján Eldjárn (; 6 December 1916 – 14 September 1982) was the third president of Iceland, from 1968 to 1980. Biography Kristján was born in Tjörn, Svarfaðardal, Iceland. His parents were Þórarinn Kr. Eldjárn, a teacher in Tjörn, ...

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (; born 15 April 1930) is an Icelandic politician who served as the fourth president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996. She was the world's first woman who was democratically elected as president. With a presidency of exact ...

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 i ...

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Gunnar Thoroddsen Gunnar Thoroddsen (pronounced ) (29 December 1910 – 25 September 1983) was the prime minister of Iceland from 1980 to 1983. Gunnar was the youngest man ever elected to the Althing, Iceland's Parliament. He was 23 years old when he was ele ...

Events

Births

*21 March –

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson Veigar Páll Gunnarsson (born 21 March 1980) is a retired Icelandic football striker. His transfer in 2011 led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga being nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a com ...

, footballer *10 May –

Dagný Skúladóttir Dagný Skúladóttir (born 10 May 1980) is an Icelandic former team handball player. She played on the Icelandic national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was t ...

, handball player *22 May –

Róbert Gunnarsson Róbert Gunnarsson (born 22 May 1980) is an Icelandic handball player who plays for Aarhus Håndbold Aarhus Håndbold was a handball club from Aarhus, Denmark. The club was founded in 2001 originally under the name Århus GF, as an extension ...

, handball player. *25 May –

Joey Guðjónsson Jóhannes Karl "Joey" Guðjónsson (born 25 May 1980) is an Icelandic former professional footballer and the assistant manager of Iceland. He earned 34 caps for the Iceland national team between 2001 and 2007. His clubs include Real Betis, Ast ...

, footballer *20 July –

Sturla Ásgeirsson Sturla Ásgeirsson (born 20 July 1980) is an ex Icelandic handball player who played for Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur in Iceland. External links Sturla Ásgeirssons profileat hsg-duesseldorf.de 1980 births Living people Sturl ...

, handball player. *7 October –

Kristján Örn Sigurðsson Kristján Örn Sigurðsson (often spelled Sigurdsson; born 7 October 1980 in Akureyri) is an Icelandic football (soccer), footballer who is a player-assistant manager for Þór Akureyri, Þór. Club career He started his career at his local cl ...

, footballer *22 October –

Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson (born 22 October 1980) is an Icelandic former member of parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: represent ...

, politician *18 December –

Marel Baldvinsson Marel Jóhann Baldvinsson (born 18 December 1980) is an Icelandic football forward who last played for Stjarnan. Club career He started his career in Breiðablik, but moved to Norway early in his career. In October 1997, Marel went on trial w ...

, footballer

Deaths

*20 October – Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, politician (b. 1894).

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Jón Guðmundsson Jón Guðmundsson (1904 – 1980) was an Icelandic chess player, three-times Icelandic Chess Championship winner (1932, 1936, 1937), Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (1939). Biography In the 1930s Jón Guðmundsson was one of the mos ...

, chess player (b. 1904)

References

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Years of the 20th century in Iceland