2013 in Iceland

none 2013 thumb|Gulf of Reykjavík 2013 The following lists events that happened in 2013 in Iceland. Incumbents President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Prime Minister – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (until 23 May), Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (starting 23 May) Events January January 31 - Icelandic teenager Blaer Bjarkardottir wins a legal fight to use the name given to her by her mother, which the Icelandic Naming Committee had argued was not a proper female given name. February February 27 - Gæðakokkar 30% meat pie on Iceland is found to not contain any meat at all. April April 27 - Voters in Iceland go to the polls for a parliamentary election with a centre-right coalition expected to regain office. May May 22 - Prime Minister elect of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, declares that a January decision to freeze European Union membership talks will be extended indefinitely. December December 2 - The Icelandic police kills a person for the first time since it became a republic in 1944.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/12/02/248214872/for-first-time-in-memory-icelandic-police-shoot-and-kill For First Time In Memory, Icelandic Police Shoot And Kill NPR.org 2017-06-06 enhttps://theworld.org/stories/2013/12/03/icelands-serenity-shaken-first-shooting-death-police Iceland grieves after police shoot and kill a man for the first time in its history Public Radio International 2017-06-06 en-US December 12 - Four former Icelandic bank bosses are jailed over concealing illegal activities within the bank Kaupthing. 2013 References Category:2010s in Iceland Iceland Iceland Category:Years of the 21st century in Iceland