Events in the year 1855 in Iceland. Monarch: Frederick VII of Denmark Council President of Denmark: Peter Georg Bang Governor of Iceland: Jørgen Ditlev...

of Iceland, Count Trampe, could not offer any resistance. In 1855, the Icelandic Army was re-established by Andreas August von Kohl, the sheriff in Vestmannaeyjar...

maintained a monopoly in trade with Iceland from 1602 until 1855, which made the price of fish artificially low – the price of fish was higher in Britain – and...

was the first Icelandic settlement in the United States. Icelandic people settled there primarily from 1855 to 1914. Icelandic influence in Spanish Fork...

Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland. Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in...

Icelanders established the country of Iceland in mid 930 CE when the Alþingi (parliament) met for the first time. Iceland came under the reign of Norwegian...

16 mormons left Iceland in 1855 and immigrated to the Salt Lake Valley. Brigham Young sent them to settle in Spanish Fork, Utah, in the late 1850s. While...

The Catholic Church in Iceland (Icelandic: Kaþólska kirkjan á Íslandi) is part of the Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope. The...

Thoroddsen, Icelandic politician and judge Sigurður S. Thoroddsen (1902–1983), Icelandic politician Þorvaldur Thoroddsen (1855–1921), Icelandic geologist...

of Iceland. The first bishop of Iceland was Geir Vídalín who took office in 1801. As of 2024, 15 people have held the office of Bishop of Iceland. List...