1968 in Iceland

← 1967 1966 1965 1968 in Iceland → 1969 1970 1971
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1968 Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1968 in Iceland.

• President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Kristján Eldjárn
• Prime Minister – Bjarni Benediktsson

Hægri dagurinn or H-dagurinn happened in May, when Iceland switched from left-hand traffic to right hand traffic

• 12 March – Ólafur Gottskálksson, footballer
• 20 May – Ólafur Kristjánsson, footballer
• 29 May – Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir, economist and politician.^[1]
• 9 June – Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, politician.^[2]
• 25 June – Sigursteinn Gíslason, footballer (d. 2012).^[3]
• 26 June – Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian
• 29 July – Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir, scientist

• 18 June – Nína Tryggvadóttir, artist (b. 1913)
• 30 July – Jón Leifs, composer, pianist, and conductor (b. 1899)

• Gunnfríður Jónsdóttir, sculptor (b. 1889)