2026 in Iceland
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Events in the year 2026 in Iceland.
Incumbents
Events
- 10 February – Europol announces it dismantled a drug trafficking network that was smuggling cocaine into Iceland and arrested 24 people.[1]
- 12 March – Iceland and the Netherlands announce they will both intervene on the side of South Africa in the International Court of Justice's genocide case against Israel.[2]
Predicted and scheduled events
- 16 May – 2026 Icelandic municipal elections
- 12 August – A total solar eclipse is predicted to occur at the Moon's descending node of the orbit in North America and Europe. The total eclipse will pass over the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, northeastern Portugal and northern Spain.[3]
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 2 April – Maundy Thursday
- 3 April – Good Friday
- 5 April – Easter Sunday
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 23 April – First day of summer
- 1 May – May Day
- 14 May – Ascension Day
- 24 May – Whit Sunday
- 25 May – Whit Monday
- 17 June – National Day
- 3 August – Commerce Day
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
- 31 December – New Year's Eve
Art and entertainment
Deaths
- 10 January – Sturla Böðvarsson, 80, minister of communications and transportation (1999–2007), president of the Althing (2007–2009)[6]
- 23 January – Kristinn Svavarsson, 78, saxophonist (Mezzoforte). (death announced on this date)[7]
- 1 March – Davíð Oddsson, 78, prime minister (1991–2004).[8]
- 13 March – Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, 73, composer. (death announced on this date)[9]
- 9 April – Björgvin Halldórsson, 74, musician.[10]
