1950 in Iceland
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The following lists events that happened in 1950 in Iceland.
Incumbents
Events
- 1950 Geysir air crash[1]
- KR won the Úrvalsdeild.
- The Iceland Symphony Orchestra was founded.[2]
- Heiðmörk was proclaimed a municipal conservation area of Reykjavík.
- Iceland joined the Council of Europe on March 7, 1950[3]
Births
- 13 January – Valgerður Bjarnadóttir, politician.[4]
- 23 March – Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, politician
- 16 June – Kristenn Einarsson, publisher
- 26 August – Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, poet and novelist
- 3 September – Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, footballer (d. 2021)
- 4 September – Tómas Pálsson, footballer
- 19 October – Guðrún Ögmundsdóttir, politician (d. 2019)[5]
- 4 November – Jón Pétursson, footballer
Deaths
- 25 April – Guðjón Samúelsson, architect (b. 1887)
References
- ↑ Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ↑ "The History". Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ↑ "Iceland – Member State - Portal - www.coe.int". Portal. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
- ↑ "Valgerður Bjarnadóttir". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ↑ Kolbeinsson Proppé, Óttar (1 January 2020). "Guðrún Ögmundsdóttir er látin" [Guðrún Ögmundsdóttir is dead]. Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 January 2022.