• Events in the year 1901 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian IX Minister for Iceland: August Hermann Ferdinand Carl Goos (until 24 July); Peter Adler Alberti...
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    Powers of Darkness (Icelandic Makt Myrkranna) is a 1901 Icelandic book by Valdimar Ásmundsson that claims to be a translation of Dracula, by Bram Stoker...
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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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    1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947. He was also the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the...
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    RAYK-yə-vik, -⁠veek; Icelandic: [ˈreiːcaˌviːk] ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore...
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  • Cod Wars (redirect from Iceland Cod Wars)
    West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each of the disputes ended with an Icelandic victory. Some Icelandic historians view...
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    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...
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    (1919–1932), Norway (1916–1927), Canada (1901–1948), Iceland (1915–1922) and the Russian Empire/USSR (1914–1925). In fact, the first international treaty...
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    1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that occurred in the years of the 20th century (1901-2000). Pisor...
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  • Guðmundsson (category Icelandic-language masculine surnames)
    artist Kristmann Guðmundsson (1901–1983), Icelandic novelist of romantic fiction Magnús Guðmundsson (1879–1937), Icelandic politician; member of the Althing...
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  • chalet style became a prevailing influence in Icelandic architecture as many timber buildings were constructed in this way. Stone and later concrete were...
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  • postal history of Iceland. Regular mail service in Iceland was first established by a charter of 13 May 1776, and on 1 January 1873, Iceland issued its first...
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    Thorfinn Karlsefni (category Articles containing Icelandic-language text)
    Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson was an Icelandic explorer. Around the year 1010, he followed Leif Eriksson's route to Vinland in a short-lived attempt to establish...
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  • Guðni Jónsson (category University of Iceland alumni)
    Guðni Jónsson (22 July 1901 – 4 March 1974) was an Icelandic professor of history and editor of Old Norse texts. Guðni was born at Gamla-Hraun at Eyrarbakki...
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  • This is a list of speakers of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. The Speaker of the Althing (Icelandic: Forseti Alþingis, literally the President of...
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  • This is a list of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) AD, such as the heads of state, heads of government, and the general secretaries of single-party...
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  • Einar Benediktsson (category CS1 Icelandic-language sources (is))
    was an Icelandic poet and lawyer. Einar Benediktsson's poetry was a significant contribution to the nationalistic revival which led to Iceland's independence...
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  • lærði Guðmundsson (1574–1658, Iceland, p) Kristmann Guðmundsson (1901–1983, Iceland, f) Tómas Guðmundsson (1901–1983, Iceland, p) Josué Guébo (born 1972...
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  • Tómas Guðmundsson (category 20th-century Icelandic poets)
    Tómas Guðmundsson (6 January 1901 – 14 November 1983) was an Icelandic writer. He was known as Reykjavík's poet (Reykjavíkurskáldið, skáld Reykjavíkur)...
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  • Fróðleik (in Icelandic). Fjelagsprentsmiðjan. 1901. Jóhannesson, Dennis (2000). A Guide to Icelandic Architecture. Association of Icelandic Architects...
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  • the year 1901 in Denmark. Monarch – Christian IX Prime minister – Hannibal Sehested (until 24 May), Johan Henrik Deuntzer 3 April – The 1901 Folketing...
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    The Panic of 1901 was the first stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange, caused in part by struggles between E. H. Harriman, Jacob Schiff, and...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1901. January 31 – Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters (Три сeстры, Tri sestry) opens...
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    Powers of Darkness (category Articles containing Icelandic-language text)
    original. It served as the basis of a shorter Icelandic version under the same title the following year (Icelandic: Makt Myrkranna), which appeared as both...
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    Hannes Hafstein (category Home Rule Party (Iceland) politicians)
    was an Icelandic politician and poet. In 1904 he became the first Icelander to be appointed to the Danish Cabinet as the minister for Iceland in the Cabinet...
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    List of national flags of sovereign states (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    material from "Iceland/flag". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). CIA. Whitney Smith, Flag of Iceland at the Encyclopædia Britannica "Icelandic National Flag"...
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    were created in Iceland, where the oral tradition stemming from the pre-Christian inhabitants of the island was collected and recorded in manuscripts....
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    Greek royal family: War Cross, 1940 Grand Cross of the Redeemer, 1947  Iceland: Grand Cross of the Falcon, with Collar, 1955 Italian royal family: Knight...
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  • The following lists events that happened in 1974 in Iceland. President – Kristján Eldjárn Prime Minister – Ólafur Jóhannesson, Geir Hallgrímsson Geirfinnur...
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    Bakkagerði (category Populated places in Eastern Region (Iceland))
    Bakkagerði (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpahkaˌcɛrðɪ]) is a coastal hamlet in eastern Iceland. It is a part of the municipality of Múlaþing and situated...
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