2018 in Iceland

Events in the year 2018 in Iceland.

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See also:	Other events of 2018 Timeline of Icelandic history

Incumbents

• President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
• Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Events

• 26 May – scheduled date for the Icelandic municipal elections, 2018

Sports

• 9 to 25 February – Iceland participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 5 competitors in 2 sports

• 9 to 18 March – Iceland participated at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea

Music

Main article: 2018 in Icelandic music

Deaths

Jóhann Jóhannsson

• 9 February – Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer (b. 1969)

• 28 February – Stefán Kristjánsson, chess player (b. 1982).^[1]

• 12 March – Sverrir Hermannsson, politician, businessman and banker (b. 1930)

• 16 March – Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson, politician, MP (b. 1944).^[2]

• 24 May – Oddur Pétursson, cross country skier (b. 1931).^[3]

• 29 June – Jónas Kristjánsson, writer and newspaper editor (b. 1940).^[4]

• 21 August – Stefán Karl Stefánsson, actor and singer (b. 1975). ^[5]