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Reykjavík [a] is the capital of, and largest city in Iceland.It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state.
1914 – Eimskipafélag Íslands (steamship company) founded. [1] 1915 January: Prohibition in Iceland begins. [4] 25 April: Reykjavík fire of 1915 . 1916 Icelandic Federation of Labour headquartered in Reykjavík. [4] Social Democratic Party (Iceland) founded in Reykjavík. [4] 1918 – January: Danish–Icelandic Act of Union signed in ...
The Lion and the White Falcon: Britain and Iceland in the World War II Era (Hamden: Archon Books, 1983). Bittner, D. F. "A Final Appraisal of the British Occupation of Iceland, 1940–1942," The RUSI Journal 120 (1975), 45–53. Deans, Philip W. "The uninvited guests: Britain’s military forces in Iceland, 1940–1942." (2012). online
Milli vonar og ótta: Ísland í síðari heimsstyrjöld [Between Hope and Fear: Iceland in World War II]. Reykjavík: Vaka-Helgafell. ISBN 9979-2-0317-X. Whitehead, Þ. (1999). Bretarnir koma: Ísland í síðari heimsstyrjöld [The British are Coming: Iceland in World War II]. Reykjavík: Vaka-Helgafell. ISBN 9979-2-1435-X.
The Bessastaðaskóli is founded. [34] 1807: Trade with Danish Iceland all but disappears due to the invasion of the English and their capture of the neutral Danish fleet at Copenhagen; they had credible intelligence that Napoleon using the Continental System was going to seize that fleet and invade England. [35] [36] It was part of the ...
Approximately 159 Icelanders' lives have been confirmed to have been lost in World War II hostilities. [40] Most were killed on cargo and fishing vessels sunk by German aircraft, U-boats or mines. [40] [41] An additional 70 Icelanders died at sea, but it has not been confirmed whether they lost their lives as a result of hostilities. [40] [41]
The Kingdom of Iceland (Icelandic: Konungsríkið Ísland; Danish: Kongeriget Island) was a sovereign and independent country under a constitutional and hereditary monarchy that was established by the Act of Union with Denmark signed on 1 December 1918. [2]
Bretarnir koma: Ísland í síðari heimsstyrjöld [The British are coming: Iceland in World War II]. Reykjavík: Vaka-Helgafell. ISBN 9979-2-1435-X. Whitehead, Þór (1995). Milli vonar og ótta: Ísland í síðari heimsstyrjöld [Between hope and fear: Iceland in World War II]. Reykjavík: Vaka-Helgafell. ISBN 9979-2-0317-X.