1984 in Iceland

← 1983 1982 1981 1984 in Iceland → 1985 1986 1987
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1984 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1984 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
• Prime Minister – Steingrímur Hermannsson

Events

11 March—The boat Hellisey VE-503 sank^[1]

4 September—Volcano Krafla erupted^[2]

Around 20 August—The first Reykjavík Marathon

Births

• 7 February – Smári McCarthy, innovator and information activist
• 17 February – Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, handball player
• 18 February – Sölvi Ottesen, footballer
• 27 April – Hannes Þór Halldórsson, footballer.^[3]
• 25 May – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, model and beauty contestant, Miss World 2005.
• 20 September – Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir, footballer
• 28 October – Kári Kristjánsson, handball player.^[4]
• 29 October – Ásta Birna Gunnarsdóttir, handball player

Deaths

• 11 July – Ragnar Jonsson, art patron, book publisher and art collector (b. 1904)
• 18 July – Ingólfur Jónsson, politician (b. 1909).^[5]
• 16 September – Hallgrímur Fr. Hallgrímsson, businessman (b. 1905)

References