The following lists events that happened in 1959 in Iceland.
Incumbents
Events
Herjólfur I was built
Births
- 1 February – Ómar Torfason, footballer
- 21 April – Lúðvík Geirsson, politician.[1]
- 18 February – Hallgrímur Helgason, painter, novelist, translator, and columnist
- 19 June – Örn Árnason, actor, comedian and screenwriter
- 27 June – Pétur Pétursson, footballer
- 4 July – Eiríkur Hauksson, heavy metal vocalist
- 7 September – Alfreð Gíslason, handball player and coach
Full date missing
- Elsa Waage, opera singer
Deaths
Full date missing
- Kristín Jónsdóttir, painter (b. 1888)
References
- ^ "Lúðvík Geirsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 July 2016.