2017 in Iceland
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Events in the year 2017 in Iceland.
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
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- 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.
- ^ Ólöf Nordal Dies
- ^ "Andlát: Jórunn Viðar tónskáld". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.