List of people on stamps of Iceland
This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Iceland including the years when they appeared on a stamp.
Danish dependency( -1918)
Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)
Iceland a republic (1944-)
- 1950 Bishop Jón Arason 400th Anniversary of Death (2 stamps issued 7th Nov. 1950)
- 1954 Hannes Hafstein 50th Anniversary of Appointment as First Native Minister of Iceland. (3 stamps issued 1 June 1954)
- 1957 Jonas Hallgrimsson (poet) 150th Anniversary of Birth (issued 16th Nov. 1957)
- 1959 Jon Thorkelsson Bicentenary of his death (2 stamps issued 5 May 1959)
- 1961 Benedikt Sveinson and Bjorn M. Olson, to celebrate the University of Iceland (3 stamps issued 6th Oct)
- 1963 Sigurður Guðmundsson to celebrate the National Museum (2 stamps issued 20th Feb. 1963)
- 1965 Einar Bendiktsson (Stamp issued 16th Nov. 1965)
- 1968 Fridrik Fridriksson (Stamp issued 5th Sept. 1968)
- 1968 Jón Magnússon (politician), 50th Anniversary of Independence, (2 stamps issued 1st Dec. 1968)
- 1970 Grimur Thomsen (poet) 150th Anniversary of Birth (Stamp issued 19 June 1970)
- 1971 Tryggvi Gunnarsson To celebrate the centenary of the Patriotic Society 1871-1971 (2 stamps issued 19th Aug. 1971)
- 1975 Hallgrímur Pétursson (poet), Árni Magnússon, Einar Jónsson and Jón Eiríksson (1728-1787) Set of 4 stamps on "Celebrities" (issued 18th Sept. 1975)
- 1975 Bertel Thorvaldsen Celebrating the centenary of the Thorvaldsen Society (Stamp issued 19th Nov. 1975)
- 1978 Halldor Hermannsson
- 1979 Jón Sigurðsson and Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir Centenary of both of their deaths (Stamp issued 1st Nov. 1979)
- 1980 Jon Sveinsson (Nonni) and Gunnar Gunnarsson writers (2 Stamps issued 28 April 1980)
- 1982 Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir a famous Icelander (Stamp issued 8th Sept. 1982)
- 1983 Kristjan Eldjarn
See also
Postage stamps and postal history of Iceland
Sources