1908 in Iceland
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Incumbents
- Monarch: Frederik VIII
- Prime Minister â Hannes Hafstein
Events
- 21 April â Knattspyrnufélagið VÃkingur is established.
- 1 May â Knattspyrnufélagið Fram is established.
- 10 September â
- The 1908 Icelandic parliamentary election
- At the 1908 Icelandic prohibition referendum, a ban on importing alcohol is approved by 60.1% of voters.
- Ãórhallur Bjarnarson became the sixth Bishop of Iceland, succeeding HallgrÃmur Sveinsson in the position.[1]
Births

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