2013 in Iceland explained

The following lists events that happened in 2013 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• • President  - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Prime Minister  - Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (until 23 May), Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (starting 23 May)

Events

January

• January 31 - Icelandic teenager Blaer Bjarkardottir wins a legal fight to use the name given to her by her mother, which the Icelandic Naming Committee had argued was not a proper female given name.

February

• February 27 - Gæðakokkar 30% meat pie on Iceland is found to not contain any meat at all.

April

• April 27 - Voters in Iceland go to the polls for a parliamentary election with a centre-right coalition expected to regain office.

May

• May 22 - Prime Minister elect of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, declares that a January decision to freeze European Union membership talks will be extended indefinitely.

December

• December 2 - The Icelandic police kills a person for the first time since it became a republic in 1944.^{[1] [2]}
• December 12 - Four former Icelandic bank bosses are jailed over concealing illegal activities within the bank Kaupthing.

Notes and References

1. News: For First Time In Memory, Icelandic Police Shoot And Kill. NPR.org. 2017-06-06. en.
2. News: Iceland grieves after police shoot and kill a man for the first time in its history. Public Radio International. 2017-06-06. en-US.