1986 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened in 1986 in Iceland.

← 1985 1984 1983 1986 in Iceland → 1987 1988 1989
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1986 Timeline of Icelandic history

Incumbents

• President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
• Prime Minister – Steingrímur Hermannsson

Events

• May 3: Iceland makes its first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Gleðibankinn, sang by ICY band.
• 11-12 October: Reykjavík Summit between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev.[1]

Births

Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir

• 19 June – Ragnar Sigurðsson, footballer
• 25 July – Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, footballer.[2]
• 14 September – Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir, footballer
• 24 November – Guðmundur Pétursson, footballer

Deaths

Emil Jónsson

• 19 January – Jón Helgason, philologist and poet (b. 1899)

• 30 November – Emil Jónsson, politician (b. 1902).[3]

• 27 December – Snorri Hjartarson, poet (b. 1906)

Full date missing

• Gunnlaugur Halldórsson, architect (b. 1909)

References

1. "Reykjavik summit of 1986 | United States-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
2. "M. Viðarsdóttir". nr.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
3. "Emil Jónsson". www.althingi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 June 2019.