1959 in Iceland

← 1958 1957 1956 1959 in Iceland → 1960 1961 1962
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1959 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1959 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
• Prime Minister – Emil Jónsson, Ólafur Thors

Events

Herjólfur I was built

Births

• 1 February – Ómar Torfason, footballer
• 21 April – Lúðvík Geirsson, politician.^[1]
• 18 February – Hallgrímur Helgason, painter, novelist, translator, and columnist
• 19 June – Örn Árnason, actor, comedian and screenwriter
• 27 June – Pétur Pétursson, footballer
• 4 July – Eiríkur Hauksson, heavy metal vocalist
• 7 September – Alfreð Gíslason, handball player and coach

Full date missing

• Elsa Waage, opera singer

Deaths

Full date missing

• Kristín Jónsdóttir, painter (b. 1888)

References