title: 1940 in Iceland
text: # 1940 in Iceland
  
  The following lists events that happened in 1940 in Iceland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch - Kristján X
  * Prime Minister – Hermann Jónasson
  
  ## Births
  
  * 11 January – Örn Steinsen, footballer
  * 15 September – Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir, politician.
  * 16 September – Ómar Ragnarsson, media personality
  * 11 December – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, writer (d. 2010)
  