1978 in Iceland

← 1977 1976 1975 1978 in Iceland → 1979 1980 1981
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1978 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1978 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Kristján Eldjárn
• Prime Minister – Geir Hallgrímsson, Ólafur Jóhannesson

Events

Births

• 16 February – Vala Flosadóttir, athlete.^[1]
• 15 March – Arnar Viðarsson, footballer
• 15 September – Eiður Guðjohnsen, footballer
• 27 October – Gylfi Einarsson, footballer
• 1 December – Magni Ásgeirsson, musician

Deaths

• 28 March – Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson, singer (b. 1945)
• 4 October – Una Guðmundsdóttir, educator and psychic (b. 1894)

References