List of people on the postage stamps of Iceland

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This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Iceland including the years when they appeared on a stamp.

Danish dependency( –1918)[]

Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)[]

  • 1920 King Christian X (the only official King of Iceland (1918–1944)(as Kristján X))
  • 1935 Matthias Jochumsson
  • 1937 King Christian X
  • 1941 Snorri Sturluson 700th Anniversary of the Death (3 stamps issued 17th Nov. 1941)

Iceland a republic (1944–)[]

  • 1950 Bishop Jón Arason 400th Anniversary of Death (2 stamps issued 7th Nov. 1950)
  • 1954 Hannes Hafstein 50th Anniversary of Appointment as First Native Minister of Iceland. (3 stamps issued 1 June 1954)
  • 1957 Jonas Hallgrimsson (poet) 150th Anniversary of Birth (issued 16th Nov. 1957)
  • 1959 Bicentenary of his death (2 stamps issued 5 May 1959)
  • 1961 Benedikt Sveinsson and Björn M. Ólsen, to celebrate the University of Iceland (3 stamps issued 6th Oct)
  • 1963 Sigurður Guðmundsson to celebrate the National Museum (2 stamps issued 20th Feb. 1963)
  • 1965 (Stamp issued 16th Nov. 1965)
  • 1968 Fridrik Fridriksson (Stamp issued 5th Sept. 1968)
  • 1968 Jón Magnússon (politician), 50th Anniversary of Independence, (2 stamps issued 1st Dec. 1968)
  • 1970 Grimur Thomsen (poet) 150th Anniversary of Birth (Stamp issued 19 June 1970)
  • 1971 To celebrate the centenary of the Patriotic Society 1871-1971 (2 stamps issued 19th Aug. 1971)
  • 1975 Hallgrímur Pétursson (poet), Árni Magnússon, Einar Jónsson and Set of 4 stamps on "Celebrities" (issued 18th Sept. 1975)
  • 1975 Bertel Thorvaldsen Celebrating the centenary of the Thorvaldsen Society (Stamp issued 19th Nov. 1975)
  • 1978
  • 1979 Jón Sigurðsson and Centenary of both of their deaths (Stamp issued 1st Nov. 1979)
  • 1980 Jon Sveinsson (Nonni) and Gunnar Gunnarsson writers (2 Stamps issued 28 April 1980)
  • 1982 Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir a famous Icelander (Stamp issued 8th Sept. 1982)
  • 1983 Kristjan Eldjarn
  • 1987 Rasmus Kristjan Rask to mark his birth Centenary
  • 1999 Composer Jon Leifs
  • 2002 Halldor Laxness
  • 2002 Sesselja Sigmundsdottir Advocate for Mentally Handicapped [1] founder of Sólheimar
  • 2004 Hannes Hafstein
  • 2007 Jonas Hallgrimsson
  • 2007 Frederick VIII of Denmark Royal Visit of 1907

See also[]

Postage stamps and postal history of Iceland

Sources[]

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