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. Iceland's athletes competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz for the first time and participated in every one since then.
Births
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. 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
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