1950 in Iceland

← 1949 1948 1947 1950 in Iceland → 1951 1952 1953
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1950 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1950 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Sveinn Björnsson
• Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors, Steingrímur Steinþórsson

Events

• 1950 Geysir air crash^[1]
• KR won the Úrvalsdeild.
• The Iceland Symphony Orchestra was founded.^[2]
• Heiðmörk was proclaimed a municipal conservation area of Reykjavík.

Births

• 13 January – Valgerður Bjarnadóttir, politician.^[3]
• 23 March – Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, politician
• 16 June – Kristenn Einarsson, publisher
• 26 August – Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, poet and novelist
• 3 September – Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, footballer (d. 2021)
• 4 September – Tómas Pálsson, footballer
• 19 October – Guðrún Ögmundsdóttir, politician (d. 2019)^[4]
• 4 November – Jón Pétursson, footballer

Deaths

• 25 April – Guðjón Samúelsson, architect (b. 1887)

References