1985 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened in 1985 in Iceland.

← 1984 1983 1982 1985 in Iceland → 1986 1987 1988
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1985 Timeline of Icelandic history

Incumbents

• President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
• Prime Minister – Steingrímur Hermannsson

Events

• November 14 - Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir is crowned Miss World at Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. It is the first Icelandic beauty pageant title.

Births

Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir

• 24 April – Baldur Sigurðsson, footballer
• 27 April – Dóra Stefánsdóttir, footballer
• 18 May – Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir, footballer
• 24 May – Björgvin Páll Gústavsson, handball player
• 15 July – Sif Atladóttir, footballer
• 29 July – Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson, footballer
• 5 October – Bergur Ingi Pétursson, hammer thrower.[1]
• 28 October – Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir, javelin thrower.[2]

Deaths

• 26 February – Guðmundur G. Hagalín, writer (b. 1898)
• 26 April – Björn Jónsson, politician (b. 1916).[3]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bergur Pétursson". 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. "Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
3. "Björn Jónsson". www.althingi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 June 2019.