The following lists events that happened in 1957 in Iceland. President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Prime Minister – Hermann Jónasson 3 March – Atli Eðvaldsson...
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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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Until 1957, the parliamentary constituencies used in Iceland had been based on its counties and market towns. The reform of constituency borders in 1957 would...
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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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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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500 krona notes in 1935, followed by 25 and 1000 krona notes in 1957. In 1961, the Seðlabanki Íslands became the central bank of Iceland and started issuing...
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1957 January February March April May June July August September October November December 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the...
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Iceland–Turkey relations are the bilateral relations between Iceland and Turkey. The diplomatic relations were established in 1957. The Icelandic Embassy...
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Iceland took control of its foreign affairs in 1918 when it became a sovereign country, the Kingdom of Iceland, in a personal union with the King of Denmark...
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Sigríður Tómasdóttir (category Icelandic environmentalists)
Sigríður Tómasdóttir (1871–1957) was an Icelandic environmentalist whose activism helped preserve Gullfoss waterfalls, protecting it from industrialization...
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Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland. Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in...
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The Fish Can Sing (category 1957 Icelandic novels)
Can Sing (Icelandic: Brekkukotsannáll) is a 1957 novel by Icelandic author Halldór Laxness, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955. The...
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Icelanders (redirect from People of Iceland)
Icelanders established the country of Iceland in mid 930 CE when the Alþingi (parliament) met for the first time. Iceland came under the reign of Norwegian...
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in Iceland (Icelandic Baháʼí samfélagið á Íslandi) began with Baháʼís first visiting the Iceland in the early 20th century, and the first Icelandic Baháʼí...
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education opportunities. The Icelandic Fulbright Commission was founded in 1957, when a bi-national agreement between Iceland and the United States was signed...
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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...
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Football is the most popular sport in Iceland. Iceland hosted the U-18 European Championship in 1997, but an Icelandic national team has qualified for the...
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(1946–1948) Hungary (1948–1950) Hungary (1950–1955) Hungary (1955–1957) Hungary (1957–1991) Iceland (1918–1944) India (1879–1928) India (1928–1950) India (1950–2001)...
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Statistics of Úrvalsdeild in the 1957 season. It was contested by 6 teams, and ÍA won the championship. ÍA's Þórður Þórðarson was the top scorer with...
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Þorsteinn Bjarnason (category Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Belgium)
Þorsteinn Bjarnason (born 22 March 1957) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Bjarnason played most of his career...
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The Icelandic Coast Guard (Icelandic: Landhelgisgæsla Íslands, Landhelgisgæslan or simply Gæslan) is the Icelandic defence service responsible for search...
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Iceland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 36 times since its debut in 1986, missing only two contests since then, in 1998 and 2002, when...
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Hallgrímskirkja (category Towers in Iceland)
Hallgrímskirkja (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhatl̥ˌkrimsˌcʰɪr̥ca], Church of Hallgrímur) is a Lutheran (Church of Iceland) parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74...
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Icelandair (redirect from Iceland Air)
Icelandair is the flag carrier of Iceland, with its corporate head office on the property of Reykjavík Airport in the capital city Reykjavík. It is part...
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Breiðablik men's football (category Football clubs in Iceland)
currently plays in the Besta deild karla, the top-tier men's football league in Iceland; they finished 1st in 2022. The team is based in Kópavogur, a large...
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Social Democratic Alliance (redirect from The Social Democratic Alliance (Iceland))
(Icelandic: Samfylkingin - jafnaðarflokkur Íslands, lit. 'The Alliance – Iceland's Social Democratic Party') is a social democratic political party in...
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Heiðrún Backman (1957–2016), Icelandic actress, voice actress, singer, painter and director Edda Björgvinsdóttir (born 1952), Icelandic actress, comedian...
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The Icelandic Naming Committee (Icelandic: Mannanafnanefnd; pronounced [ˈmanːaˌnapnaˌnɛmt])—also known in English as the Personal Names Committee—maintains...
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Kingdom to Iceland is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Iceland, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Iceland. There official...
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Miss Iceland or Miss Universe Iceland (Icelandic: Ungfrú Ísland) is a national beauty pageant in Iceland. Began 2023 the winner represents Iceland at Miss...
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