1986 in Iceland
# 1986 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened in 1986 in Iceland.

## Incumbents

* President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
* Prime Minister – Steingrímur Hermannsson

## Events

* May 3: Iceland makes its first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Gleðibankinn, sang by ICY band.
* 11-12 October: Reykjavík Summit between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev.

## Births

* 19 June – Ragnar Sigurðsson, footballer
* 25 July – Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, footballer.
* 14 September – Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir, footballer
* 24 November – Guðmundur Pétursson, footballer

## Deaths

* 19 January – Jón Helgason, philologist and poet (b. 1899)
* 30 November – Emil Jónsson, politician (b. 1902).
* 27 December – Snorri Hjartarson, poet (b. 1906)

### Full date missing

* Gunnlaugur Halldórsson, architect (b. 1909)
