1948 in Iceland

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See also:	Other events of 1948 Timeline of Icelandic history

This list includes events that happened in 1948 in Iceland.

Incumbents

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

Events

• KR won the 1948 Úrvalsdeild, the top-flight of Icelandic football.
• The Foreign Minister, Bjarni Benediktsson with new Minister Richard P. Butrick signed an agreement that would make Iceland a recipient of the Marshall Plan assistance.^[1]
• Iceland's athletes competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz for the first time and participated in every one since then.

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.^[2]
• 18 July – Ólafur Gunnarsson, writer
• 25 July – Elmar Geirsson, footballer
• 30 July – Sigurður Pálsson, writer (d. 2017)
• 7 August – Vilmundur Gylfason, politician, historian and poet (d. 1983)
• 19 November – Hanna María Karlsdóttir, actress

Deaths

References

1. "History of the U.S. and Iceland". U.S. Embassy in Iceland. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
2. "Ögmundur Jónasson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 July 2016.