Permanent year factsheet

Iceland in 1942

Historical records for Iceland in 1942, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
5Events
4Named people
1Places
1Categories

Historical records

May

16 May 1942End of Fourth Hermann Jonasson GovernmentHermann Jonasson

Reykjavik · Government / Government of Iceland

The Fourth Hermann Jonasson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

16 May 1942First Olafur Thors GovernmentOlafur Thors

Reykjavik · Government / Government of Iceland

Begins the First Olafur Thors Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

16 May 1942Prime Minister of IcelandOlafur Thors

Government / Government of Iceland

Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland

December

16 December 1942Bjorn Thordarson GovernmentBjorn Thordarson

Reykjavik · Government / Government of Iceland

Begins the Bjorn Thordarson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

16 December 1942End of First Olafur Thors GovernmentOlafur Thors

Reykjavik · Government / Government of Iceland

The First Olafur Thors Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

16 December 1942Prime Minister of IcelandBjorn Porbarson

Government / Government of Iceland

Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland

Names involved

Bjorn PorbarsonBjorn ThordarsonHermann JonassonOlafur Thors

Places involved

Reykjavik

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.