1959 in Iceland

← 1958 1957 1956 1959 in Iceland → 1960 1961 1962
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1959 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1959 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
• Prime Minister – Emil Jónsson, Ólafur Thors

Births

Hallgrímur Helgason

• 1 February – Ómar Torfason, footballer
• 21 April – Lúðvík Geirsson, politician.^[1]
• 18 February – Hallgrímur Helgason, painter, novelist, translator, and columnist
• 19 June – Örn Árnason, actor, comedian and screenwriter
• 27 June – Pétur Pétursson, footballer
• 4 July – Eiríkur Hauksson, heavy metal vocalist
• 7 September – Alfreð Gíslason, handball player and coach

Full date missing

• Elsa Waage, opera singer

Deaths

Full date missing

• Kristín Jónsdóttir, painter (b. 1888)

References

Years in Iceland (1944–present)
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949