1931 in Iceland

none 1931 Iceland Flag of Iceland (1918–1944).svg 90px Other events in 1931Timeline of Icelandic history The following lists events that happened in 1931 in Iceland. Incumbents Monarch - Kristján X Prime Minister – Tryggvi Þórhallsson Events July 2016 LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin Iceland Flight thumb|Picture of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin landing LZ 127 Graf was a German rigid commercial passenger airship known for being the first airship to circumnavigate the world, and the first of any airborne vehicle to provide a transatlantic passenger service.Zeppelin https://www.britannica.com/technology/zeppelin#ref14240 Encyclopedia Britannica 24 September 2024 On July 1st 1931 it visited Reykjavik and dropped off mail,Graf Zeppelin Iceland Flight cover https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_0.227584.30.1.1 24 September 2024 Smithsonian National Postal Museum having previously travelled there in 1930.https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2013/09/12/lemurinn-the-graf-zeppelin-visits-reykjavik Lemúrinn: The Graf Zeppelin Visits Reykjavík Hrafn Guðmundsson Helgi Illugadóttir Vera 12 September 2013 The Reykjavik Grapevine 24 September 2024 Iceland produced a series of overprinted stamp in 1931 to facilitate zeppelin mail. Parliamentary elections The 1931 parliamentary election took place on the 12th of june and resulted in a total of 38,544 votes. 16,891 of the votes where for the Independence party, 13,844.5 votes for the Progressive party, 6,197.5 votes for the Social Democratic party, and 1,165 for the Communist party. The Prime minister was the same and 446 votes where independent. Births thumb|right|100 px|Oddur Pétursson 1 March – Sveinn Teitsson, footballer (d. 2017) 13 April – Halldór Halldórsson, footballer (d. 2003) 5 June – Pétur Georgsson, footballer 2 July – Oddur Pétursson, cross country skier.no https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/oddur-petursson-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/oddur-petursson-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Oddur Pétursson 23 July 2016 (d. 2018) 6 August – Matthías Árni Mathiesen, politician (d. 2011).http://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=431 Matthías Á. Mathiesen Alþingi Icelandic 23 July 2016 27 August – Ebenezer Thorarinsson, cross country skier (d. 2003).no https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/ebeneser-thorarinsson-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071137/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/ebeneser-thorarinsson-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Ebeneser Þórarinsson 23 July 2016 10 September – Magnús Jónsson, footballer 4 October – Jón Helgason, politician.http://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=302 Jón Helgason Alþingi Icelandic 23 July 2016 (d. 2019) 25 October – Hörður Felixson, footballer 3 November – Erlendur Haraldsson, psychologist (d. 2020) 14 December – Hannes Pétursson, poet Full date missing Jón Gunnar Árnason, sculptor (d. 1989) Deaths References 8. 1931 Icelandic parliamentary election 1931 Category:1930s in Iceland Iceland Iceland Category:Years of the 20th century in Iceland