The following lists events that happened in 1986 in Iceland.
Incumbents President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Prime Minister – Steingrímur Hermannsson
Events
3 May: Iceland makes its first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Gleðibankinn, sang by ICY band. 11–12 October: Reykjavík Summit between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev.
Births
19 June – Ragnar Sigurðsson, footballer. 25 July – Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, footballer. 14 September – Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir, footballer 24 November – Guðmundur Pétursson, footballer
Deaths
19 January – Jón Helgason, philologist and poet (b. 1899)
30 November – Emil Jónsson, politician (b. 1902).
27 December – Snorri Hjartarson, poet (b. 1906)
Full date missing Gunnlaugur Halldórsson, architect (b. 1909)
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