1980 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened in 1980 in Iceland.

← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in Iceland → 1981 1982 1983
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1980 Timeline of Icelandic history

Incumbents

• President – Kristján Eldjárn, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
• Prime Minister – Benedikt Gröndal, Gunnar Thoroddsen

Events

Births

Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson

• 21 March – Veigar Páll Gunnarsson, footballer
• 10 May – Dagný Skúladóttir, handball player
• 22 May – Róbert Gunnarsson, handball player.^[1]
• 25 May – Joey Guðjónsson, footballer
• 20 July – Sturla Ásgeirsson, handball player.^[2]
• 7 October – Kristján Örn Sigurðsson, footballer
• 22 October – Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, politician
• 18 December – Marel Baldvinsson, footballer

Deaths

• 20 October – Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, politician (b. 1894).^[3]

Full date missing

• Jón Guðmundsson, chess player (b. 1904)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Róbert Gunnarsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sturla Ásgeirsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
3. "Stefán Jóh. Stefánsson". www.althingi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 June 2019.