← 1916 1915 1914 1917 in Iceland → 1918 1919 1920
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events in 1917 · Timeline of Icelandic history

The following lists events that happened in 1917 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime Minister – Jón Magnússon (from 4 January)

Events

• 4 January – First cabinet of Jón Magnússon
• 1917 Úrvalsdeild

Births

• 21 January – Jón úr Vör, poet (d. 2000).^[1]

• 20 February – Louisa Matthíasdóttir, painter (d. 2000)

• 17 December – Ellert Sölvason, football player (d. 2002).^[2]

Deaths

• Rögnvaldur Ólafsson, architect (b. 1874).^[3]