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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Whaling in Iceland began with spear-drift hunting as early as the 12th century, and continued in a vestigial form until the late 19th century, when other...

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...