1940 in Iceland

← 1939 1938 1937 1940 in Iceland → 1941 1942 1943
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events in 1940 · Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1940 in Iceland.

• Monarch - Kristján X
• Prime Minister – Hermann Jónasson

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• 9 April - Iceland takes full control of its foreign policy following the German invasion of Denmark.^[1]
• 10 May - The British Invasion of Iceland begins.

• 11 January – Örn Steinsen, footballer
• 15 September – Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir, politician.^[2]
• 16 September – Ómar Ragnarsson, media personality
• 11 December – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, writer (d. 2010)