1972 in Iceland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s See also: Other events of 1972 Timeline of Icelandic history ← 1971 1970 1969 1972 in Iceland → 1973 1974 1975 Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s See also: Other events of 1972 Timeline of Icelandic history The following lists events that happened in 1972 in Iceland. President – Kristján Eldjárn Prime Minister – Ólafur Jóhannesson Events Worship of Norse gods is revived and officially approved.[1] Births Steinunn Kristín Þórðardóttir 17 January – Stefán Vagn Stefánsson, politician 29 March – Hera Björk, singer 9 April – Steinunn Kristín Þórðardóttir [is], businesswoman 18 July – Hannes Stefánsson, chess Grandmaster 22 August – Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson, politician 28 October – Guðmundur Steingrímsson, politician.[2] 12 December – Eygló Harðardóttir, politician 29 December – Reynir Grétarsson, businessman Deaths References ↑ Terrence McCoy (3 February 2015). "How thousands of Icelanders suddenly started worshiping the Norse gods again". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 November 2022. ↑ "Gudmundur Steingrimsson". The Althing. Retrieved 18 July 2016. vteYears in Iceland18th century 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 19th century 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 20th century 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 21st century 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 vte1972 in EuropeSovereign states Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany Finland France Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Estonian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Latvian SSR Lithuanian SSR Moldavian SSR Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Vatican City West Germany Yugoslavia Dependencies, coloniesand other territories Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Related Articles
