2024 in Iceland

Events in the year 2024 in Iceland.

Incumbents

 * President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
 * Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir (until 9 April); Bjarni Benediktsson (since 9 April)
 * Althing: 2021-present Althing
 * Speaker of the Althing: Birgir Ármannsson
 * President of the Supreme Court: Karl Axelsson

Events

 * 1 January – President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson announces that he would not be seeking a third term.
 * 14 January – 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions: The Reykjanes volcanic system erupts near the town of Grindavík, with one fissure forming inside the town limits.
 * 16 March – A state of emergency is issued in southwestern Iceland after the Reykjanes volcanic system erupts again.
 * 5 April – Katrin Jakobsdottir resigns as prime minister in order to run in presidential elections on 1 June.
 * 29 May – Grindavik and the Blue Lagoon are evacuated following a resurgence in activity by the Reykjanes volcanic system.
 * 1 June – 2024 Icelandic presidential election: Halla Tómasdóttir is elected with 32.1% of the vote.

Scheduled

 * 1 August – Halla Tómasdóttir will be inaugurated as President of Iceland.
 * 1 September – Guðrún Karls Helgudóttir will take over the role of Bishop of Iceland.

Holidays
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 * 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 (1948, 1952).
 * 12 February: Karl Sigurbjörnsson, 77, Evangelical Lutheran prelate, bishop of Iceland (1998–2012).
 * 6 March: Hreinn Friðfinnsson, 81, artist.