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See also:	Other events of 1961 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1961 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
• Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors, Bjarni Benediktsson

Events

October 26-December 16 -Vikrahraun basaltic eruption

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Births

• 4 January – Gunnar Gíslason, footballer
• 4 April – Gyrðir Elíasson, writer
• 23 April – Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, actor
• 30 April – Arnór Guðjohnsen, footballer
• 23 July – Kristján Arason, handball player.
• 12 December – Lárus Guðmundsson, footballer
• 13 December – Guðmundur Torfason, footballer

Full date missing

• Arnaldur Indriðason, writer of crime fiction

Deaths

References

1. Blasizzo, Aline Y.; Ukstins, Ingrid A.; Scheidt, Stephen P.; Graettinger, Alison H.; Peate, David W.; Carley, Tamara L.; Moritz, Adam J.; Thines, Jennifer E. (2022). "Vikrahraun—the 1961 basaltic lava flow eruption at Askja, Iceland: morphology, geochemistry, and planetary analogs". Earth, Planets and Space. 74 (1): 168. doi:10.1186/s40623-022-01711-5. ISSN 1343-8832. PMC 9653356. PMID 36397812.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kristján Arason". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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