Events in the year 2024 in Iceland. Incumbents
President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (until 1 August); Halla Tómasdóttir (since 1 August) Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir (until 9 April); Bjarni Benediktsson (until 21 December); Kristrún Frostadóttir (since 21 December) Althing: 2021-present Althing Speaker of the Althing: Birgir Ármannsson President of the Supreme Court: Karl Axelsson
Events January 1 January – President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson announces that he would not be seeking a third term. 14 January – 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions: The Reykjanes volcanic system erupts near the town of Grindavík, with one fissure forming inside the town limits.
March 16 March – A state of emergency is issued in southwestern Iceland after the Reykjanes volcanic system erupts again.
April 5 April – Katrin Jakobsdottir resigns as prime minister in order to run in presidential elections on 1 June.
May 29 May – Grindavik and the Blue Lagoon are evacuated following a resurgence in activity by the Reykjanes volcanic system.
June 1 June – 2024 Icelandic presidential election: Halla Tómasdóttir is elected with 32.1% of the vote.
August 1 August – Halla Tómasdóttir is inaugurated as President of Iceland. 22 August – 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions: An eruption is recorded from a new fissure in the Reykjanes volcanic system. 25 August – A foreign tourist is killed and two others are reported missing after an ice cave collapses at the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier.
September 1 September – Guðrún Karls Helgudóttir became the fifteenth Bishop of Iceland, succeeding Agnes Sigurðardóttir. 19 September – A polar bear is shot dead by police in Westfjords after being deemed a threat to residents. The incident marks the first such sighting of the animal in the country since 2016.
October 13 October – The coalition government led by Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson collapses, prompting him to call for new elections.
November 20 November – 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions: An eruption is recorded from a new fissure in the Reykjanes volcanic system. 30 November – 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election: The Social Democratic Alliance outperforms the ruling Independence Party to win a plurality of seats in the Althing.
December 5 December – The government issues new five-year licences to hunt for whales for the first time since 2023. 21 December – Kristrún Frostadóttir is sworn in as prime minister.
Holidays
1 January - New Year's Day
28 March - Maundy Thursday 29 March - Good Friday 31 March - Easter Sunday 1 April - Easter Monday 25 April - First day of summer 1 May - May Day 9 May - Ascension Day 19 May - Whit Sunday 20 May - Whit Monday 17 June - National Day 5 August - Commerce Day 24 December - Christmas Eve 25 December - Christmas Day 26 December – Boxing Day 31 December – New Year's Eve
Art and entertainment List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Deaths
1 February: Ásmundur Bjarnason, 96, Olympic sprinter (1948, 1952). 12 February: Karl Sigurbjörnsson, 77, Evangelical Lutheran prelate, bishop of Iceland, served in office in 1998–2012 (b. 1947). 6 March: Hreinn Friðfinnsson, 81, artist.
References
External links Online calendar