title: 1973 in Iceland
text: # 1973 in Iceland
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Iceland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President – Kristján Eldjárn
  * Prime Minister – Ólafur Jóhannesson
  
  ## Events
  
  ### January
  
  * January 23 - Eldfell on Heimaey erupts.
  
  ### May
  
  * May 18 - Joseph Godber, British Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, announces that Royal Navy frigates will protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed 50-mile limit round Iceland.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 11 January – Andri Steinþór Björnsson, psychologist
  * 4 June – Lárus Sigurðsson, footballer.
  * 14 July – Andri Snær Magnason, writer
  * 14 July – Pétur Marteinsson, footballer
  