1947 in Iceland

none 1947 The following lists events that happened in 1947 in Iceland. Incumbents President – Sveinn Björnsson Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson Events Iceland formally takes membership alongside Afghanistan and Sweden into the United Nations, after being admitted the year prior.UN. General Assembly United Nations General Assembly Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly during its resumed 1st session, Volume II, 23 October-15 December 1946 9 November 1946 London and Flushing Meadow, N.Y. 61 https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/209856 en, es, fr, ru, zh pdf Admission of Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden to membership in the United Nations Icelandic government reserves fall below $1,000,000.ICELAND CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov) https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp78-01617a001500060001-8 2025-02-11 www.cia.gov Herring catch industry experiences growth, at the same time that transportation costs worsen inflation.ICELAND CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov) https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp78-01617a001500060001-8 2025-02-11 www.cia.gov March 29 March - The Hekla eruption deposits tephra across South Iceland’s glaciers, influencing ablation rates and dynamics.Kirkbride Martin P. Dugmore Andrew J. January 2003 Glaciological response to distal tephra fallout from the 1947 eruption of Hekla, south Iceland https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/glaciological-response-to-distal-tephra-fallout-from-the-1947-eruption-of-hekla-south-iceland/864066B858E2DBD24BA067CD281B3190 Journal of Glaciology en 49 166 420–428 10.3189/172756503781830575 0022-1430 It continues to erupt uninterrupted for 13 months.Bjorn 2017-05-03 Historical Highlights https://nat.is/historical-timeline/ 2025-02-11 NAT en-US May 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.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) https://api.parliament.uk/uk-treaties/treaties/8458 June 17 June - Icelandic airline Loftleiðir commences its first international flight, from Reykjavík to Copenhagen.Háskólabókasafn Landsbókasafn Íslands- Tímarit.is https://timarit.is/page/2238940 2025-02-11 timarit.is is 20 June - The United Kingdom and Iceland sign an agreement to abolish visa requirements for their citizens.Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Iceland regarding the Reciprocal Abolition of Visas https://api.parliament.uk/uk-treaties/treaties/8482 July 24 July - The National Icelandic Association Football team lost 2-4 to the Norwegian team in an international friendly, with an attendance of 10,000 fans at Melavollur.Iceland v Norway, 24 July 1947 https://www.11v11.com/matches/iceland-v-norway-24-july-1947-225456/ 2025-02-11 11v11.com Births thumb|right|100 px|Halldór Ásgrímsson, Prime Minister 2004–2006 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.no https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sk/gunnsteinn-skulason-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082022/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sk/gunnsteinn-skulason-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Gunnsteinn Skúlason 19 July 2016 Deaths 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)Thorarinsson Sigurdur 1950-12-01 The eruption of Mt. Hekla 1947 – 1948 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/bf02596085 Bulletin Volcanologique en 10 1 157–168 10.1007/BF02596085 1432-0819 subscription References 1947 Category:1940s in Iceland Iceland Iceland Category:Years of the 20th century in Iceland