Events in the year 1847 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian VIII of Denmark Governor of Iceland: Matthias Hans Rosenørn 28 June: Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson...

June 1847 – 23 February 1927) was an Icelandic composer best known for composing "Lofsöngur", the national anthem of Iceland. Sveinbjörn was born in Seltjarnarnes...

beginning of World War II, Iceland was a sovereign kingdom in personal union with Denmark, with King Christian X as head of state. Iceland officially remained...

recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day Norway...

The Icelandic Commonwealth, also known as the Icelandic Free State, was the political unit existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing...

The settlement of Iceland (Icelandic: landnámsöld [ˈlantˌnaumsˌœlt]) is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the ninth century, when...

of Iceland was a position established by the Government of Denmark in 1684 that existed until 1872. In 1871, the Stöðulög bill was introduced, in which...

The Kingdom of Iceland (Icelandic: Konungsríkið Ísland; Danish: Kongeriget Island) was a sovereign and independent country under a constitutional and hereditary...

(born 1963), Icelandic footballer Haraldur Vignir Sveinbjörnsson (born 1975), Icelandic composer Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847–1927), Icelandic composer...

The Icelandic financial crisis was a major economic and political event in Iceland between 2008 and 2010. It involved the default of all three of the country's...