The following lists events that happened in 1959 in Iceland. President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Prime Minister – Emil Jónsson, Ólafur Thors Herjólfur I was...

The politics of Iceland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state...

to 1959, a secret ban was imposed by the Icelandic government on the stationing of black US troops in Iceland. This ban was disclosed in late 1959. The...

1959 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1959. 1959 (MCMLIX) was...

in Iceland on 25 and 26 October 1959. Following the electoral reforms made after the June elections, the Independence Party won 16 of the 40 seats in...

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

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 June 1959. The Independence Party and the Progressive Party both won 13 seats in the Lower House of the Althing...

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...

Iceland is a world leader in renewable energy. 100% of the electricity in Iceland's electricity grid is produced from renewable resources. In terms of...

regions of Iceland are eight areas of Iceland that roughly follow the arrangement of parliamentary constituencies as they were between 1959 and 2003. These...

The prime minister of Iceland (Icelandic: Forsætisráðherra Íslands) is head of government of the Republic of Iceland. The prime minister is appointed formally...

Although Iceland is reliant upon fishing, tourism and aluminium production as the mainstays of its economy, the production of vegetables and fruit in greenhouses...

Ambassador to Israel (1954–1959) and Iceland (1949–54). He was a World War I veteran. Lawson was born on September 26, 1895, in Newport, Tennessee. He graduated...

(Icelandic: Suðurland) in 1959 following the nationwide extension of proportional representation for elections to the Althing. It was renamed South in...

Iceland. The constituency was established as Northeastern (Icelandic: Norðurland eystra) in 1959 following the nationwide extension of proportional representation...

Iceland. The constituency was established as Northwestern (Icelandic: Norðurland vestra) in 1959 following the nationwide extension of proportional representation...

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...

aid from West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each of the disputes ended with an Icelandic victory. Fishing boats from...

The party led the government of Iceland three times, first in 1947–1949 under Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, then in 1958–1959 under Emil Jónsson and finally...

Alliance (Icelandic: Alþýðubandalagið) was an electoral alliance in Iceland from 1956 to 1968 and a socialist political party from 1968 to 1998. In 1916,...

Southwest (Icelandic: Suðvestur) is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was...

Sæland (born 3 August 1959) is an Icelandic politician who is the founder and current leader of the People's Party. Inga was born in Ólafsfjörður to Ástvaldur...

1959 and Minister of Finance of Iceland from 1959 to 1965. He was minister of industry and a social welfare minister in the cabinet of Geir Hallgrímsson...

This is a list of speakers of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. The Speaker of the Althing (Icelandic: Forseti Alþingis, literally the President of...

Google News Archive. "Fegurðar drottningar 1959" [Queen's Beauty 1959]. Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 21 June 1959. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 13 October 2023 – via...

The Progressive Party (Icelandic: Framsóknarflokkurinn, FSF) is an agrarian political party in Iceland. For most of its history, the Progressive Party...

Independence Party (Icelandic: Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) is a conservative political party in Iceland. It is currently the largest party in the Alþingi, with...

1973), retired Icelandic football player Pétur Ormslev (born 1958), retired football midfielder Pétur Pétursson (born 1959), retired Icelandic footballer...

Guðmundsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpʰautl̥ ˈkvʏðmʏntsɔn]; born 1959) is a sculptor and artist. Born in Húsafell in the west of Iceland (where he still...

Iceland spar, formerly called Iceland crystal (Icelandic: silfurberg [ˈsɪlvʏrˌpɛrk], lit. 'silver-rock') and also called optical calcite, is a transparent...