Events in the year 1886 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian IX Minister for Iceland: Johannes Nellemann 1 July – The national bank (Landsbanki) begins operations...

botanist Ólöf Nordal (1966–2017), member of the Icelandic parliament Sigurður Nordal (1886-1974), Icelandic scholar, writer and ambassador Nordal Hundred...

in Iceland in June 1886. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by a three-round system; in the...

(pronounced [ˈalˌθiɲcɪ]; Icelandic for 'general meeting'), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the...

September 1886 – 21 September 1974) was an Icelandic scholar, writer, and ambassador. He was influential in forming the theory of the Icelandic sagas as...

Women in Iceland generally enjoy good gender equality. As of 2018, 88% of working-age women were employed, 65% of students attending university were female...

The Icelandic financial crisis was a major economic and political event in Iceland between 2008 and 2010. It involved the default of all three of the country's...

New Iceland (Icelandic: Nýja Ísland listen) is the name of a region on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba founded by Icelandic settlers in 1875. The community...

Whaling in Iceland began with spear-drift hunting as early as the 12th century, and continued in a vestigial form until the late 19th century, when other...

death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Iceland between...