• The following lists events that happened in 1947 in Iceland. President – Sveinn Björnsson Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson 20 February...
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    Association of Iceland (Icelandic: Knattspyrnusamband Íslands, KSÍ) is the governing body of football in Iceland. It was founded on 26 March 1947, joined FIFA...
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  • of Iceland, and have been a FIFA member since 1947 and a UEFA member since 1957. The team's nickname is Strákarnir okkar, which means Our Boys in Icelandic...
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    system in Iceland that started activity on August 17, 2014, and ended on February 27, 2015, is Bárðarbunga. The volcano in Iceland that erupted in May 2011...
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    May 1947, a Douglas DC-3 aircraft of Flugfélag Íslands crashed on Hestfjall [is] on the west side of Héðinsfjörður [is], a fjord in northern Iceland. All...
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    Icelandic population was just over 376,000. About 86,000 residents (23.7%) were of foreign background. About 99% of the nation's inhabitants live in urban...
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    recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day Norway...
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    26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title...
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    króna [ˈkʰrouːna] or krona (sometimes called Icelandic crown; sign: kr; code: ISK) is the currency of Iceland. One króna was formerly divided into 100 eyrir...
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    Iceland observes UTC±00:00 year-round, known as Greenwich Mean Time or Western European Time. UTC±00:00 was adopted on 7 April 1968 – in order for Iceland...
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