Contents

• Incumbents
• Events
• Births
• Full date missing
• Deaths
• References

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← 1910 1909 1908 1911 in Iceland → 1912 1913 1914
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events in 1911  · Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events in 1911 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederik VIII
• Prime Minister – Björn Jónsson (until 14 March); Kristján Jónsson (from 14 March)

Events

• The University of Iceland is established.
• 11 May – Valur is founded.

Births

• 14 January – Björn Hjörtur Guðmundsson, craftsman, master carpenter, idealist and environmental pioneer (d. 1998)
• 18 February – Auður Auðuns, lawyer and politician (d. 1999). ^[1]
• 30 June – Sigurbjörn Einarsson, clergyman and doctor of theology, Bishop of Iceland (d. 2008)

Deaths

• Sigfús Eymundsson, photographer and bookseller (b. 1837)

References