title: 1961 in Iceland
text: # 1961 in Iceland
  
  The following lists events that happened in 1961 in Iceland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
  * Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors, Bjarni Benediktsson
  
  ## Births
  
  * 4 January – Gunnar Gíslason, footballer
  * 4 April – Gyrðir Elíasson, writer
  * 23 April – Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, actor
  * 30 April – Arnór Guðjohnsen, footballer
  * 23 July – Kristján Arason, handball player.
  * 12 December – Lárus Guðmundsson, footballer
  * 13 December – Guðmundur Torfason, footballer
  
  ### Full date missing
  
  * Arnaldur Indriðason, writer of crime fiction
  