1973 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Iceland.

Incumbents

 * President – Kristján Eldjárn
 * Prime Minister – Ólafur Jóhannesson

January

 * January 23 - Eldfell on Heimaey erupts.

May

 * May 18 - Joseph Godber, British Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, announces that Royal Navy frigates will protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed 50-mile limit round Iceland.

Births

 * 11 January – Andri Steinþór Björnsson, psychologist
 * 4 June – Lárus Sigurðsson, footballer.
 * 14 July – Andri Snær Magnason, writer
 * 14 July – Pétur Marteinsson, footballer