1948 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened in 1948 in Iceland.

← 1947 1946 1945 1948 in Iceland → 1949 1950 1951
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1948 Timeline of Icelandic history

Incumbents

• President – Sveinn Björnsson
• Prime Minister – Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson

Births

Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister 1991–2004

• 8 January – Þuríður Backman, politician
• 14 January – Davíð Oddsson, politician
• 10 February – Sigurbergur Sigsteinsson, handball player
• 17 June – Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, film director
• 17 July – Ögmundur Jónasson, politician.[1]
• 25 July – Elmar Geirsson, footballer
• 30 July – Sigurður Pálsson, writer
• 7 August – Vilmundur Gylfason, politician, historian and poet (d. 1983)
• 19 November – Hanna María Karlsdóttir, actress

References

1. "Ögmundur Jónasson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 July 2016.