1908 in Iceland
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Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch: Frederik VIII
- Prime Minister – Hannes Hafstein
Events
[edit]- 21 April – Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur is established.
- 1 May – Knattspyrnufélagið Fram is established.
- 10 September –
- The 1908 Icelandic parliamentary election
- At the 1908 Icelandic prohibition referendum, a ban on importing alcohol is approved by 60.1% of voters.
- Þórhallur Bjarnarson became the sixth Bishop of Iceland, succeeding Hallgrímur Sveinsson in the position.[1]
Births
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- 30 April – Bjarni Benediktsson, politician (d. 1970).[2]
- 13 October – Steinn Steinarr, poet (d. 1958)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ísmús - íslenskur músík- og menningararfur". www.ismus.is. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
- ↑ "Bjarni Benediktsson". althingi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.