2024 in Iceland

Incumbents

• President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson ; Halla Tómasdóttir
• Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir ; Bjarni Benediktsson ; Kristrún Frostadóttir
• 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.
• 12 February: Karl Sigurbjörnsson, 77, Evangelical Lutheran prelate, bishop of Iceland, served in office in 1998–2012.
• 6 March: Hreinn Friðfinnsson, 81, artist.