1947 in Iceland
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Incumbents
Events
- Iceland formally takes membership alongside Afghanistan and Sweden into the United Nations, after being admitted the year prior.[1]
- Icelandic government reserves fall below $1,000,000.[2]
- Herring catch industry experiences growth, at the same time that transportation costs worsen inflation.[3]
March
May
- 22 May - The United Kingdom and Iceland sign an agreement for Icelandic herring oil and frozen white fish to be purchased from Iceland, to the United Kingdom.[6]
June
- 17 June - Icelandic airline Loftleiðir commences its first international flight, from Reykjavík to Copenhagen.[7]
- 20 June - The United Kingdom and Iceland sign an agreement to abolish visa requirements for their citizens.[8]
July
- 24 July - The National Icelandic Association Football team lost 2-4 to the Norwegian team in an international friendly, with an attendance of 10,000 fans at Melavollur.[9]
Births
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- 20 February – Eggert Magnússon, businessman
- 4 March – Gunnar Hansen, actor (d. 2015)
- 29 June – Ágúst Guðmundsson, film director and screenwriter
- 24 August – Ólafur Haukur Símonarson, novelist and playwright
- 8 September – Halldór Ásgrímsson, politician (d. 2015)
- 25 September – Guðmundur Sigurjónsson, chess grandmaster
- 26 October – Gísli Guðjónsson, professor of forensic psychology
- 31 October – Gunnsteinn Skúlason, handball player.[10]
Deaths
- 12 September – Thor Philip Axel Jensen, Danish entrepreneur who settled in Iceland (b. 1863)
- 2 November - Steinthór Sigurdsson, director of Iceland’s State Research Institute (b. 1904)[11]