The following lists events that happened in 1954 in Iceland.
Incumbents President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors
Events
Gígjökull glacier advances 328 m since the Mount Hekla eruption 7 years prior. Ásmundur Guðmundsson became the ninth Bishop of Iceland, following the death of Sigurgeir Sigurðsson the previous year.
Births
23 January – Guðný Halldórsdóttir, film director and screenwriter 12 May – Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, film director 29 May - Margrét Frímannsdóttir, politician 18 June – Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir, actress 8 August – Finnur Ingólfsson, politician. 18 September – Einar Már Guðmundsson, poet and novelist 11 December – Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, musician 31 December – Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, politician
Deaths
18 October – Einar Jónsson, sculptor (b. 1874)
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