Events in the year 1886 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian IX Minister for Iceland: Johannes Nellemann 1 July – The national bank (Landsbanki) begins operations...

in Iceland in June 1886. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by a three-round system; in the...

botanist Ólöf Nordal (1966–2017), member of the Icelandic parliament Sigurður Nordal (1886-1974), Icelandic scholar, writer and ambassador Nordal Hundred...

(pronounced [ˈalˌθiɲcɪ]; Icelandic for 'general meeting'), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the...

New Iceland (Icelandic: Nýja Ísland listen) is the name of a region on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba where Icelandic explorers settled in 1875. The community...

Women in Iceland generally enjoy good gender equality. As of 2018, 88% of working-age women were employed, 65% of students attending university were female...

1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947. He was also the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the...

Björg Thorarensen (born 1966), Icelandic professor of law at the University of Iceland Jakob Thorarensen (1886–1972), Icelandic writer and poet This page lists...

The Icelandic financial crisis was a major economic and political event in Iceland between 2008 and 2010. It involved the default of all three of the country's...

September 1886 – 21 September 1974) was an Icelandic scholar, writer, and ambassador. He was influential in forming the theory of the Icelandic sagas as...