1972 in Iceland

← 1971 1970 1969 1972 in Iceland → 1973 1974 1975
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1972 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1972 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Kristján Eldjárn
• Prime Minister – Ólafur Jóhannesson

Events

• Worship of Norse gods is revived and officially approved.^[1]

Births

Steinunn Kristín Þórðardóttir

• 17 January – Stefán Vagn Stefánsson, politician
• 29 March – Hera Björk, singer
• 9 April – Steinunn Kristín Þórðardóttir [is], businesswoman
• 18 July – Hannes Stefánsson, chess Grandmaster
• 22 August – Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson, politician
• 28 October – Guðmundur Steingrímsson, politician.^[2]
• 12 December – Eygló Harðardóttir, politician
• 29 December – Reynir Grétarsson, businessman

Deaths

References

1. Terrence McCoy (3 February 2015). "How thousands of Icelanders suddenly started worshiping the Norse gods again". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
2. "Gudmundur Steingrimsson". The Althing. Retrieved 18 July 2016.