1964 in Iceland

← 1963 1962 1961 1964 in Iceland → 1965 1966 1967
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1964 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1964 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
• Prime Minister – Bjarni Benediktsson

Events

• 16 July - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and his son the Prince of Wales (now Charles III) visited Reykjavik^[1]
• 17 August - Liverpool FC play their first match in Iceland, beating KR Reykjavik 5-0^[2]
• 20 September - One of three single-engine planes en route from Halifax to Europe ditches in the sea off Iceland. The pilot is rescued by helicopter. Another is lost entirely and the third lands safely in Reykjavik.^[3]
• 4 November - Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson paid a visit to Israel and met with Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol.^{[citation needed]}

Births

• 22 January – María Ellingsen, actress
• 27 January – Geir Sveinsson, handball player.^[4]
• 23 April – Halla Margrét Árnadóttir, singer
• 27 April –
  Thorir Hergeirsson
  , handballer
• 2 August – Einar Thor, film director
• 24 August – Svandís Svavarsdóttir, politician
• 10 November – Magnús Scheving, writer, actor and entrepreneur

Deaths

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References