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1947 in Iceland
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The following lists events that happened in 1947 in Iceland.
Incumbents
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[edit]- 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
[edit]- 29 March - The Hekla eruption deposits tephra across South Iceland’s glaciers, influencing ablation rates and dynamics.[4] It continues to erupt uninterrupted for 13 months.[5]
May
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 24 July - The National Icelandic Association Football team losed 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
[edit]- 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]
References
[edit]- ^ UN. General Assembly (1st sess. : 1946 : London and Flushing Meadow, N. Y. ) (1947). "Admission of Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden to membership in the United Nations".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "ICELAND | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ "ICELAND | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ Kirkbride, Martin P.; Dugmore, Andrew J. (January 2003). "Glaciological response to distal tephra fallout from the 1947 eruption of Hekla, south Iceland". Journal of Glaciology. 49 (166): 420–428. doi:10.3189/172756503781830575. ISSN 0022-1430.
- ^ Bjorn (2017-05-03). "Historical Highlights". NAT. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ "Agreement (Minister of Food and Foreign Trade Commission of Iceland) - United Kingdom purchase of Icelandic Herring Oil and Frozen White Fish (Valid until date when deliveries under present Agreement are completed)".
- ^ Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ "Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Iceland regarding the Reciprocal Abolition of Visas".
- ^ "Iceland v Norway, 24 July 1947". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gunnsteinn Skúlason". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Thorarinsson, Sigurdur (1950-12-01). "The eruption of Mt. Hekla 1947 – 1948". Bulletin Volcanologique. 10 (1): 157–168. doi:10.1007/BF02596085. ISSN 1432-0819.
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