← 1947 1946 1945 1948 in Portugal → 1949 1950 1951
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years in Portugal

Events in the year 1948 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President: Óscar Carmona
• Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Events

Arts and entertainment

• March – The Jazz club Hot Club of Portugal established

Sports

• CD Operário founded
• A.D. Lousada founded
• C.D. Montijo founded
• C.D. Pinhalnovense founded
• C.D. Portosantense founded

Births

• 10 January – Moisés Matias de Andrade, footballer (d. 2008)
• 17 January – Alfredo Murça, footballer (d. 2007)
• 29 March – Fernando Tordo, singer and composer
• 25 June – Manuel Bento, footballer (d. 2007)
• 25 July – Carlos Silva Valente, footballer
• 4 August – Braulio Barbosa de Lima, footballer
• 11 August – António Taí, footballer
• 21 October – Francisco Mário, footballer
• 30 October – Ilda Figueiredo, politician
• 2 November – Manuel Carvalho da Silva, sociologist
• 6 November – Quinito, footballer
• 23 November – Leonor Beleza, politician

Full date missing

• Julião Sarmento, painter and multimedia artist

Deaths

• 15 December – João Tamagnini Barbosa, military officer and politician (born 1883)