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)