Most Famous Icelandic Musicians

11 Icelandic Musicians in view out of 11

Music 11
Iceland 146
Björk
Björk Icelandic Composer Born 1965
#241
Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini Icelandic Singer Born 1977
#13,523
Ásgeir Trausti
Ásgeir Trausti Icelandic Singer Born 1992
#37,117
Jón Leifs
Jón Leifs Icelandic Conductor 1899 – 1968
#53,864
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson Icelandic Composer 1847 – 1927
#98,446
Birgitta Haukdal
Birgitta Haukdal Icelandic Singer Born 1979
#141,694
Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir
Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir Icelandic Music Born 1989
#161,426
María Ólafsdóttir
María Ólafsdóttir Icelandic Singer Born 1993
#183,601
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson Icelandic Singer Born 1989
#230,974
Ragnar Bjarnason
Ragnar Bjarnason Icelandic Singer 1934 – 2020
#1,231,824
S(
Steinar (singer) Icelandic Songwriter Born 1995
#2,556,890

By the numbers

Inside Iceland Musicians

11 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous iceland musicians born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Iceland Musicians peaked in the 1990s with 3 people.

What Iceland Musicians Are Known For

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Singer are Iceland Musicians's biggest group — 55% of all notables (6).

Iceland Musicians over-index on singer — 23.3× the global rate.

  1. Singer6
  2. Composer2
  3. Conductor1
  4. Music1
  5. Songwriter1
  1. Singer623.3×

City Hot Spots

Cities that over-produce Iceland Musicians compared to the world average — multiplier shows how much more.