Events in the year 1850 in Iceland. Monarch: Frederick VII of Denmark Prime Minister of Denmark: Adam Wilhelm Moltke Governor of Iceland: Jørgen Ditlev...

Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...

Icelandic population was just over 376,000. About 86,000 residents (23.7%) were of foreign background. About 99% of the nation's inhabitants live in urban...

independence movement in Iceland led to Denmark granting it home rule in 1874 and expanding that home rule in 1904. In 1918, Iceland became a fully sovereign...

July 1850 – 16 January 1919) was an Icelandic scholar and politician. He was a member of the Alþingi, the first rector of the University of Iceland, and...

Icelandic literature refers to literature written in Iceland or by Icelandic people. It is best known for the sagas written in medieval times, starting...

people from Iceland, arranged in categories and ordered alphabetically by first name, following the usual naming conventions of Iceland. Björgólfur Thor...

Ólafsson (1850–1916), Icelandic journalist and poet Kjartan Ólafsson (disambiguation), various people Logi Ólafsson (born 1954), Icelandic professional...

drinking of ale (öl). The climate of Iceland (particularly the cooling trend of the Little Ice Age, c. 1300–1850 locally) may have made beer production...

Icelandic scholar Jón Ólafsson (journalist) (1850–1916), Icelandic editor, journalist, and poet Jón Ólafsson (traveller) (c. 1594–1679), Icelandic traveller...

Abductions (Icelandic: Tyrkjaránið [ˈtʰɪr̥caˌrauːnɪθ]) were a series of slave raids by pirates from Algier and Salé that took place in Iceland in the summer...

volcanoes in Iceland only includes major active and dormant volcanic mountains, of which at least 18 vents have erupted since human settlement of Iceland began...

of Latter-day Saints in Iceland refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Iceland. Missionary efforts of...

of 1850. January – The collected works of Edgar Allan Poe (died 1849) begin posthumous publication, co-edited by Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Later in the...

was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland. Erik most likely earned...

Hans of Iceland (French: Han d'Islande) is an 1823 Gothic historical novel by the French writer Victor Hugo. It was revised from 1823 to 1833 from a shorter...

the Bering Strait to search the western reaches of the Canadian Arctic. In 1850, HMS Investigator, Captain McClure, and HMS Enterprise, Captain Collinson...

Finland). In English usage, Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for Nordic countries. Iceland and the Faroe Islands are sometimes included in Scandinavia...

1958, Iceland, f/d/p) Eggert Ólafsson (1726–1768, Iceland, nf) Jón Ólafsson (1850–1916, Iceland/Canada, nf) Jón Ólafsson (c. 1594–1679, Iceland, nf) Ólafur...

Trampe (1850–1860) Þórður Jónassen (1860–1865) Hilmar Finsen (1865–1872) Halfdanarson, Gudmundur (2008-10-23). Historical Dictionary of Iceland. Scarecrow...

Grænlendingar (Icelandic for "Greenlanders") were Norsemen that came from Iceland to settle on the Island of Greenland in the years following 986. The...

Icelandic national costume, collectively known in Icelandic as Þjóðbúningurinn has enjoyed various levels of popularity since the term was coined in Iceland...

March 1850 – 11 July 1916) was an Icelandic editor, journalist, and poet. He was the half-brother of Páll Ólafsson. He became a journalist in Iceland in 1868...

ship in service in the French Navy. She took part in the Crimean War and ferried Prince Napoléon to Iceland in 1856. She was eventually broken up in 1902...

Events in the year 1849 in Iceland. Monarch: Frederick VII of Denmark Prime Minister of Denmark: Adam Wilhelm Moltke Governor of Iceland: Matthias Hans...

went back to Iceland in 1850, became sheriff (Icelandic: sýslumaður) of Barðastrandarsýsla, and later in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, where he died in 1868. His son...

(Djúpavogshreppur [ˈtjuːpaˌvɔksˌr̥ɛhpʏr̥]) located on a peninsula in the Austurland region in eastern Iceland, near the island of Papey and on the fjord Berufjörður...

In Our Time is a radio discussion programme exploring a wide variety of historical, scientific, cultural, religious and philosophical topics, broadcast...

Fyrisån in the northwest and Lake Ekoln in the south-east. The area of the hundred was described by Wilhelm Tham in 1850 as consisting of mostly unforested...

Events in the year 1852 in Iceland. Monarch: Frederick VII of Denmark Prime Minister of Denmark: Adam Wilhelm Moltke (until 27 January); Christian Albrecht...