2010 in Iceland

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Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 2010 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 2010 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
• Prime Minister – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Events

January

• January 2 - A quarter of voters in Iceland sign a petition asking President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to veto a bill on repaying US$5 billion to foreign savers who lost their money when Icelandic banks collapsed.^[1]
• January 5 - President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson announces a referendum during a live televised speech.^[2]

March

• March 6 - Iceland holds a referendum about compensating the United Kingdom and the Netherlands after the collapse of the Icesave bank, with a 95% "no" vote recorded.^[3]
• March 20 - The volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, erupts starting mass destruction in Europe.^[4]

April

• April 13 - An American Boeing 767 passenger jet makes an emergency landing in Iceland after reports of chemical fumes in the cabin. A spokesman for Keflavik airport outside Reykjavík says several crew members on the American Airlines flight had complained of dizziness.^[5]
• April 14 - Air traffic is closed over Northern Norway as ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano drifts towards Europe.^[6]

References

Years in Iceland (1944–present)
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
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