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1973 in Iceland

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Decades:
  
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

See also:
  
Other events of 1973 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Iceland.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President – Kristján Eldjárn
  • Prime Minister – Ólafur Jóhannesson

    • January

  • January 23 - Eldfell on Heimaey erupts.

    • May

  • May 18 - Joseph Godber, British Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, announces that Royal Navy frigates will protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed 50-mile limit round Iceland.

    • Births

  • 11 January – Andri Steinþór Björnsson, psychologist
  • 4 June – Lárus Sigurðsson, footballer.
  • 14 July – Andri Snær Magnason, writer
  • 14 july – Pétur Marteinsson, footballer

    • References

    1973 in Iceland Wikipedia
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