1979 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened in 1979 in Iceland.

← 1978 1977 1976 1979 in Iceland → 1980 1981 1982
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1979 Timeline of Icelandic history

Incumbents

• President – Kristján Eldjárn
• Prime Minister – Ólafur Jóhannesson, Benedikt Gröndal

Births

Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson

• 11 February – Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir, handball player
• 26 February – Bjarni Guðjónsson, footballer
• 26 February – Daníel Bjarnason, composer and conductor
• 11 June – Helgi Sveinsson, Paralympian athlete
• 5 July – Eva Maria Daniels, film producer (d. 2023)
• 15 July – Edda Garðarsdóttir, footballer
• 28 July – Birgitta Haukdal, singer
• 8 August – Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, handball player
• 25 October – Björn Thorfinnsson, chess player
• 28 November – Jóhannes Ásbjörnsson, TV and radio show host

Deaths

• 22 February – Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, economist (b. 1880)