Events in the year 2019 in Iceland. President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir August 18 – 100 activists, officials, and other...

The economy of Iceland is small and subject to high volatility. In 2011, the gross domestic product was US$12 billion, but by 2018 it had increased to...

Iceland is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally...

Iceland Foods Limited, trading under both the Iceland and The Food Warehouse by Iceland names, is a British supermarket chain headquartered in Deeside...

2010. Iceland was the ninth country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage, and among the first European countries to do so. In 2019, Iceland made...

system in Iceland that started activity on August 17, 2014, and ended on February 27, 2015, is Bárðarbunga. The volcano in Iceland that erupted in May 2011...

year 2019 in Icelandic music. 25 – The 7th Sonar Reykjavik festival start (April 25–27). 4 – The 20th Folk music festival of Siglufjörður starts in Siglufjörður...

Iceland is a world leader in renewable energy. 100% of the electricity in Iceland's electricity grid is produced from renewable resources. In terms of...

Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Hatrið mun sigra" written by Einar Hrafn Stefánsson, Klemens Nikulásson Hannigan...

The demographics of Iceland include population density, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects...

Telecommunications in Iceland is a diversified market. Iceland has a highly developed telecommunications sector with modern infrastructure. Multiple wholesale...

The 2019 Icelandic Cup, also known as Mjólkurbikarinn for sponsorship reasons, was the 60th edition of the Icelandic national football cup. The 2019 Icelandic...

The Iceland national football team (Icelandic: Íslenska karlalandsliðið í knattspyrnu) represents Iceland in men's international football. The team is...

(sumardagurinn fyrsti [ˈsʏːmarˌtaːɣʏrɪn ˈfɪ(r̥)stɪ]) is an annual public holiday in Iceland that is celebrated on the first Thursday after 18 April (some time between...

Religious affiliation in Iceland (2023) Church of Iceland (Lutheran) (58.61%) Free Lutheran Church in Reykjavík (2.57%) Free Lutheran Church in Hafnarfjörður...

Iceland took control of its foreign affairs in 1918 when it became a sovereign country, the Kingdom of Iceland, in a personal union with the King of Denmark...

2019 Icelandic Super Cup was the 48th final in the Icelandic Super Cup, an annual game between the 2018 Úrvalsdeild champions and the 2018 Icelandic Cup...

Sports in Iceland are very popular. Popular sports include football, handball, athletics, basketball, chess, golf, volleyball, tennis, skiing, snowboarding...

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude...

The COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome...

beginning of World War II, Iceland was a sovereign kingdom in personal union with Denmark, with King Christian X as head of state. Iceland officially remained...

Iceland observes UTC+00:00 year-round — also known as Greenwich Mean Time. UTC+00:00 was adopted on 7 April 1968 for Iceland to be in sync with Western...

Iceland has a subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfc) near the southern coastal area and tundra (Köppen ET) inland in the highlands...

Iceland competed at the 2019 European Games, in Minsk, Belarus from 21 to 30 June 2019. Iceland has previously competed at the 2015 European Games in...

Abortion in Iceland is legal on request until the end of the 22nd week of pregnancy. The abortion rate in Iceland is relatively high, in comparison to...

Air Iceland Connect, formerly Air Iceland (Icelandic: Flugfélag Íslands, pronounced [ˈflʏːɣˌfjɛːˌlaːɣ ˈistlan(t)s]) was a regional airline with its head...

Prostitution in Iceland is thriving despite paying for sex being illegal. The police have stated that they do not have the resources to enforce the law...

Kaleo (stylized as KALEO) is an Icelandic blues rock band which formed in Mosfellsbær in 2012. It consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jökull Júlíusson...

with tourists. In 2018, Hvalur hf. whalers killed a rare blue whale/fin whale hybrid. Whaling was temporarily paused in Iceland between 2019 and 2021 as...

Iceland is among the top countries in the world in terms of Internet deployment and use. 99.68% of Icelanders used the internet in 2021. As of June 2024...