Events in the year 2023 in Iceland.
Incumbents
President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Althing: 2021-present Althing
Speaker of the Althing: Birgir Ármannsson
President of the Supreme Court: Karl Axelsson
Events
9 June – Iceland announces that it will suspend operations at its embassy in Moscow, Russia, from 1 August, saying that "commercial, cultural and political relations" with Russia are "at an all-time low" and that maintaining the embassy is "no longer justifiable" 21 June – Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir announces that all whaling operations will be suspended in the country until August 31 at the earliest, citing welfare concerns after a video emerged of a hunted whale dying in agony over a five-hour period. 5 July – The Icelandic Meteorological Office issues a volcano warning after detecting around 2,200 earthquakes around Reykjavík, indicating a potential imminent eruption at Fagradalsfjall. An aviation safety alert has also been issued.
Deaths
9 May – Anna Kolbrún Árnadóttir, politician (b. 1970) 6 June – Árni Johnsen, journalist and politician, member of the Althing (1983–1987, 1991–2001, 2007–2013) (b. 1944) 30 June – Eva Maria Daniels, film producer (b. 1979)
Sports
2022–23 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) 2022–23 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group J