1981 in Iceland

← 1980 1979 1978 1981 in Iceland → 1982 1983 1984
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1981 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1981 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
• Prime Minister – Gunnar Thoroddsen

Births

Helgi Daníelsson

• 7 January – Ármann Smári Björnsson, footballer
• 22 March – Rakel Logadóttir, footballer
• 29 April – Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir, television personality
• 13 July – Helgi Daníelsson, footballer
• 31 August – Örn Arnarson, swimmer.^[1]
• 5 September – Logi Gunnarsson, basketball player
• 4 October – Friðrik Ómar, singer
• 12 October – Indriði Sigurðsson, footballer
• 17 October – Snorri Guðjónsson, handball player
• 10 December – Hólmar Örn Rúnarsson, footballer
• 14 December – Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson, footballer

Deaths

• 28 July – Magnús Kjartansson, journalist, writer and politician (born 1919).^[2]

References

Years in Iceland (1944–present)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949