2017 in Iceland
Events in the year 2017 in Iceland.
Incumbents
- President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
- Prime Minister: Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson ; Bjarni Benediktsson ; Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Events
- 11 January – Bjarni Benediktsson takes over as prime minister.
- 15 September - Protests in Iceland occur over a scandal involving an undisclosed letter sent by Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pardon a criminal. Amid backlash, he calls for snap elections to be held on 28 October.
- 28 October - Snap elections are held just one year after the previous ones.
- 30 November - After a month of trying to form coalitions between parties, Katrín Jakobsdóttir becomes the Prime Minister of Iceland.
Deaths
- 30 January – Eiður Svanberg Guðnason, politician.
- 8 February – Ólöf Nordal, Icelandic politician, Minister of the Interior 2014–2017
- 27 February – Jórunn Viðar, pianist and composer.
- 1 July – Orri Vigfússon, entrepreneur and environmentalist