1947 in Iceland
# 1947 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened in 1947 in Iceland.

## Incumbents

* President – Sveinn Björnsson
* Prime Minister – Ólafur Thors, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson

## Births

* 20 February – Eggert Magnússon, businessman
* 4 March – Gunnar Hansen, actor (d. 2015)
* 29 June – Ágúst Guðmundsson, film director and screenwriter
* 24 August – Ólafur Haukur Símonarson, novelist and playwright
* 8 September – Halldór Ásgrímsson, politician (d. 2015)
* 25 September – Guðmundur Sigurjónsson, chess grandmaster
* 26 October – Gísli Guðjónsson, professor of forensic psychology
* 31 October – Gunnsteinn Skúlason, handball player.

## Deaths

* 12 September – Thor Philip Axel Jensen, Danish entrepreneur who settled in Iceland (b. 1863)
