1916 in Iceland

← 1915 1914 1913 1916 in Iceland → 1917 1918 1919
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events of 1916 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1916 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• Minister – Einar Arnórsson

Events

• 5 August – Icelandic parliamentary election, August 1916
• 21 October – Icelandic parliamentary election, October 1916
• 21 October – Icelandic community service referendum, 1916

• 1916 Úrvalsdeild

Births

Kristján Eldjárn

• 6 December – Kristján Eldjárn, politician (d. 1982).^[1]

• 7 December – Sigurður Ólafsson, footballer (d. 1993)

• 21 December – Brandur Brynjólfsson, footballer (d. 1999).^[2]

Deaths

Jón Ólafsson

• 11 July – Jón Ólafsson, editor, journalist, and poet (b. 1850)

References