1941 in Iceland

none 1941 Iceland Flag of Iceland (1918–1944).svg 90px Other events in 1941Timeline of Icelandic history The following lists events that happened in 1941 in Iceland. Incumbents Monarch - Kristján X Prime Minister – Hermann Jónasson Events July 2016 7 July - the defence of Iceland was transferred to the United States from the United Kingdom following the conclusion of Operation Fork in 1940Karlsson Gunnar ICELAND'S 1100 YEARS : history of a marginal society C HURST & CO PUB LTD 2017 978-1849049115 986911706April 2026 as a means of preventing Nazi Germany from gaining access to the air and shipping routes around the country.Conn Stetson Fairchild Byron January 2, 2003 CHAPTER VI From Nonbelligerency to War https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/Framework/ch06.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080410223525/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Framework/ch06.htm dead April 10, 2008 21 May 2023 Center for Military History United States Army Approximately 4,095 U.S. marines arrived in Reykjavik to replace British forces. 1 October - U.S. civilians arrived in Iceland to assist with the construction of fuel-oil facilities. 16 August - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill formally visited Iceland following the Atlantic Charter.16 August 2021 80 Years Since Churchill Charmed the Icelandic Nation https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2021/08/16/80_years_since_churchill_charmed_the_icelandic_nati/ 21 May 2023 Iceland Monitor 30 October - Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, a pioneering Icelandic politician, suffragist, schoolteacher, and gymnast, who was a pivotal advocate for women's rights and was the first woman elected into Icelandic parliament, died on 30 October 1941. 27 November - Convoy QP 3, which was part of the Arctic convoys transferring goods from the Soviet Union to the United Kingdom, made a stop in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. Unknown - Icelandic composer Jón Leifs first premiered his Organ Concerto sometime in 1941. May 1941 - When the German battleship Bismarck sank the British vessel Hood off Iceland's Westfjords coast, gunfire could be heard approximately 200 miles away in Reykjavík. By 1941, the Althing adopted a law creating the position of regent for Sveinn Björnsson, marking a significant step toward Icelandic independence.Iceland during WW2 https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-ww2/iceland-during-ww2 2026-06-06 Sky HISTORY TV channel en Births 2 January – Björgólfur Guðmundsson, businessman. 6 January – Ingvar Elísson, footballer. 17 April – Jón Sigurðsson, politician.http://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=337 Jón Sigurðsson Alþingi Icelandic 20 July 2016 18 September – Hafliði Hallgrímsson, composer.Ísmús Hafliði Halgrímsson https://www.ismus.is/einstaklingar/1006616 Deaths thumb|right|100 px|Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason 30 October – Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, politician, suffragist, schoolteacher and gymnast (b. 1867).http://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=263 Icelandic Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason 16 May 2015 22 May 2023 Althing References 1941 Category:1940s in Iceland Iceland Iceland Category:Years of the 20th century in Iceland