1961 in Iceland

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1961; Timeline of Icelandic history;

The following lists events that happened in 1961 in Iceland.

Incumbents

President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors, Bjarni Benediktsson

Events

Births

Gyrðir Elíasson

4 January – Gunnar Gíslason, footballer
4 April – Gyrðir Elíasson, writer
23 April – Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, actor
30 April – Arnór Guðjohnsen, footballer
23 July – Kristján Arason, handball player.[1]
12 December – Lárus Guðmundsson, footballer
13 December – Guðmundur Torfason, footballer

Full date missing

Arnaldur Indriðason, writer of crime fiction

Deaths

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References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kristján Arason". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kristján Arason". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2016.