1941 in Iceland

• Monarch - Kristján X
• Prime Minister – Hermann Jónasson

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7 July - the defence of Iceland was transferred to the United States from the United Kingdom following the conclusion of Operation Fork in 1940^{[1][page needed]} as a means of preventing Nazi Germany from gaining access to the air and shipping routes around the country.^[2] Approximately 4,095 U.S. marines arrived in Reykjavik to replace British forces.

1 October - U.S. civilians arrived in Iceland to assist with the construction of fuel-oil facilities.

16 August - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill formally visited Iceland following the Atlantic Charter.^[3]

30 October - Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, a pioneering Icelandic politician, suffragist, schoolteacher, and gymnast, who was a pivotal advocate for women's rights and was the first woman elected into Icelandic parliament, died on October 30, 1941.

27 November - Convoy QP 3, which was part of the Arctic covoys transferring goods from the Soviet Union to the United Kingdom, made a stop in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland.

Unknown - Icelandic composer Jón Leifs first premiered his Organ Concerto sometime in 1941.

• 2 January – Björgólfur Guðmundsson, businessman.
• 6 January – Ingvar Elísson, footballer.
• 17 April – Jón Sigurðsson, politician.^[4]
• 18 September – Hafliði Hallgrímsson, composer.^[5]

• 30 October – Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, politician, suffragist, schoolteacher and gymnast (b. 1867).^[6]