1942 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened in 1942 in Iceland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch - Kristján X
 * Prime Minister – Hermann Jónasson, Ólafur Thors, Björn Þórðarson
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt (Occupied)

Births

 * 9 January – Eysteinn Björnsson, writer
 * 23 January – Sighvatur Kristinn Björgvinsson, politician.
 * 11 June – Jón Halldór Kristjánsson, politician
 * 12 August – Þorsteinn Gylfason, philosopher (d. 2005)
 * 4 October – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, politician
 * 21 October – Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir, poet and translator (d. 2016)
 * 2 December – Anna G. Jónasdóttir, political scientist