2017 in Iceland
2017 in Iceland
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Events in the year 2017 in Iceland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Deaths
4 References
Incumbents[edit]
President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
Prime Minister: Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (until 11 January); Bjarni Benediktsson (11 January to 30 November); Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Starting 30 November)
Events[edit]
- 11 January – Bjarni Benediktsson takes over as prime minister.
- 15 September - Protests in Iceland occur over a scandal involving an undisclosed letter sent by Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pardon a criminal. Amid backlash, he calls for snap elections to be held on 28 October.
- 28 October - Snap elections are held just one year after the previous ones.
- 30 November - After a month of trying to form coalitions between parties, Katrín Jakobsdóttir becomes the Prime Minister of Iceland.
Deaths[edit]
Ólöf Nordal
30 January – Eiður Svanberg Guðnason, politician (b. 1939).[1]
8 February – Ólöf Nordal, Icelandic politician, Minister of the Interior 2014–2017 (b. 1966; cancer)[2]
- 27 February – Jórunn Viðar, pianist and composer (b. 1918).[3]
- 1 July – Orri Vigfússon, entrepreneur and environmentalist (b. 1942)
References[edit]
^ Ritstjórn Kjarnans (1 February 2017). "Eiður Svanberg Guðnason látinn". Kjarninn (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 February 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Ólöf Nordal Dies
^ "Andlát: Jórunn Viðar tónskáld". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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