1946 in Iceland

← 1945 1944 1943 1946 in Iceland → 1947 1948 1949
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1946 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1946 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• President – Sveinn Björnsson
• Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors

Events

• 7 October – Keflavik Agreement is signed between the United States and Iceland.^[1]
• 19 November – Iceland joins the United Nations.^[2]
• Icelandic parliamentary elections.

Births

Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir

• 26 April – Vilhjálmur Þórmundur Vilhjálmsson, lawyer and politician
• 14 May – Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir, politician.^[3]
• 7 August – Geir Hallsteinsson, handball player
• 17 September – Helgi Númason, footballer
• 6 November – Katrín Fjeldsted, politician
• 9 December – Hermann Gunnarsson, footballer, handball player and media personality (d. 2013).^[4]
• 12 December – Matthías Hallgrímsson, footballer

Deaths

References

1. "Historical Documents - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
2. "United Nations member States". United Nations Member States. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
3. "Sigríður A. Þórðardóttir". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 July 2016.
4. "Andlát: Hermann Gunnarsson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). mbl.is. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2016.