Contents

• Incumbents
• Events
• Births
• References

← 1907 1906 1905 1908 in Iceland → 1909 1910 1911
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events in 1908  · Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events in 1908 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederik VIII
• Prime Minister – Hannes Hafstein

Events

• 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

• 30 April – Bjarni Benediktsson, politician (d. 1970). ^[2]
• 13 October – Steinn Steinarr, poet (d. 1958)

References