The following lists events that happened in 1917 in Iceland.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian X Prime Minister – Jón Magnússon (from 4 January)
Events
4 January – First cabinet of Jón Magnússon 1917 Úrvalsdeild Jón Helgason became the seventh Bishop of Iceland, following the death of Þórhallur Bjarnarson the previous year.
Births 21 January – Jón úr Vör, poet (d. 2000).
20 February – Louisa Matthíasdóttir, painter (d. 2000)
17 December – Ellert Sölvason, football player (d. 2002).
Deaths
Rögnvaldur Ólafsson, architect (b. 1874).
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