1941 in Iceland
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The following lists events that happened in 1941 in Iceland .
Incumbents
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This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2016)
On 7 July the defence of Iceland was transferred to the United States from the United Kingdom following the conclusion of Operation Fork in 1940[1] as a means of preventing Nazi Germany from gaining access to the air and shipping routes around the country.[2]
On 16 August Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill formally visited Iceland following the Atlantic Charter.[3]
Births
[edit ]- 2 January – Björgólfur Guðmundsson, businessman.
- 6 January – Ingvar Elísson, footballer.
- 17 April – Jón Sigurðsson, politician.[4]
- 18 September – Hafliði Hallgrímsson, composer. [5]
Deaths
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- 30 October – Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, politician, suffragist, schoolteacher and gymnast (b. 1867).[6]
References
[edit ]- ^ KARLSSON, GUNNAR (2017). ICELAND'S 1100 YEARS : history of a marginal society. C HURST & CO PUB LTD. ISBN 978-1849049115. OCLC 986911706.
- ^ Conn, Stetson; Fairchild, Byron (January 2, 2003). "CHAPTER VI From Nonbelligerency to War". Center for Military History United States Army. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "80 Years Since Churchill Charmed the Icelandic Nation". Iceland Monitor. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Jón Sigurðsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Ísmús | Hafliði Halgrímsson".
- ^ "Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason" (in Icelandic). Althing. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2023.