1986 in Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1986 in Iceland.
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Incumbents
Events
- May 3: Iceland makes its first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Gleðibankinn, sang by ICY band.
- 11-12 October: Reykjavík Summit between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev.[1]
Births
- 19 June – Ragnar Sigurðsson, footballer
- 25 July – Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, footballer.[2]
- 14 September – Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir, footballer
- 24 November – Guðmundur Pétursson, footballer
Deaths
- 19 January – Jón Helgason, philologist and poet (b. 1899)
- 30 November – Emil Jónsson, politician (b. 1902).[3]
- 27 December – Snorri Hjartarson, poet (b. 1906)
Full date missing
- Gunnlaugur Halldórsson, architect (b. 1909)
References
- "Reykjavik summit of 1986 | United States-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- "M. Viðarsdóttir". nr.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- "Emil Jónsson". www.althingi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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