List of people on the postage stamps of Iceland
This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Iceland including the years when they appeared on a stamp.
Danish dependency (until 1918)
- 1902 Christian IX of Denmark[1]
- 1907 Overlapping profiles of Christian IX and Frederick VIII of Denmark
- 1911 Jón Sigurðsson 100th anniversary of his birth.[2]
- 1912 Frederick VIII of Denmark
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 (from 1944)
- 1950 Bishop Jón Arason 400th Anniversary of Death (2 stamps issued 7th Nov. 1950)[3]
- 1954 Hannes Hafstein 50th Anniversary of Appointment as First Native Minister of Iceland. (3 stamps issued 1 June 1954)
- 1957 Jónas Hallgrímsson 150th Anniversary of Birth (issued 16th Nov. 1957)
- 1959 Jón Þorkelsson Bicentenary of his death (2 stamps issued 5 May 1959)[4]
- 1961 Benedikt Sveinsson and Björn M. Ólsen, to celebrate the University of Iceland (3 stamps issued 6th Oct)
- 1961 Jón Sigurðsson 150th anniversary of his birth.[2]
- 1963 Sigurður Guðmundsson to celebrate the National Museum (2 stamps issued 20th Feb. 1963)
- 1965 Einar Benediktsson (Stamp issued 16th Nov. 1965)[5]
- 1968 Friðrik Friðriksson (Stamp issued 5th Sept. 1968)[6]
- 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 Tryggvi Gunnarsson 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 Jón Eiríksson (1728-1787) 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 Halldór Hermannsson[7]
- 1979 Jón Sigurðsson and Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir Centenary of both of their deaths (Stamp issued 1st Nov. 1979)
- 1980 Jón Sveinsson (Nonni) and Gunnar Gunnarsson writers (2 Stamps issued 28 April 1980)
- 1982 Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir a famous Icelander (Stamp issued 8th Sept. 1982)[8]
- 1983 Kristján Eldjárn
- 1987 Rasmus Kristjan Rask to mark his birth Centenary
- 1999 Composer Jón Leifs
- 2002 Halldór Laxness[9]
- 2002 Sesselja Sigmundsdottir Advocate for Mentally Handicapped [1] founder of Sólheimar
- 2004 Hannes Hafstein[10]
- 2007 Jónas Hallgrímsson 200th anniversary of his birth.[11]
- 2007 Frederick VIII of Denmark Royal Visit of 1907
- 2011 Jón Sigurðsson 200th anniversary of his birth.[2]
See also
Postage stamps and postal history of Iceland
References
- ^ "Ný frímerki". Reykjavík (in Icelandic). 18 October 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ a b c "Jón forseti á frímerki". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 15 June 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Minningarfrímerki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 31 October 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 26 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Ný frímerki". Póst -og símatíðindi (in Icelandic). Póst- og símamálastjórn. 1 April 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 27 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Aldarafmæli Einars Benediktssonar minnzt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 November 1965. p. 8. Retrieved 26 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Nýtt frímerki með séra Friðriki Friðrikssyni". Vísir (in Icelandic). 8 August 1968. p. 16. Retrieved 26 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Ný frímerki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 23 November 1978. p. 25. Retrieved 23 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Ný íslensk frímerki". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). 17 August 1982. p. 12. Retrieved 25 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ Sigurður H. Þorsteinsson (11 April 2002). "Nýjungar í frímerkjaútgáfu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 56. Retrieved 23 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Minning um kjarkaðan stjórnmálamann". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 January 2004. p. 8. Retrieved 23 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Frímerki". JónasHallgrímsson.is (in Icelandic). National and University Library of Iceland. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
Sources
- Mclean, BM Stamp Dealer Stamp Member of the A.D.P.S. - U.K. Stamp Dealers Society and Member of the I.P.D.A. - Internet Philatelic Dealers Association.
- J Smith and Associates
