1804 in Iceland

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Events in the year 1804 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII
• Governors of Iceland: Ólafur Stefánsson

Events

• Murderer Bjarni Bjarnason from Sjöundá escaped from prison in Reykjavík. He was caught again two weeks later. ^[1]
• Frederik Christopher Trampe became county sheriff of West County. ^[2]
• Hólavallarskóli is moved to Bessastaðir. ^[3]

References

1. Brunsdale, Mitzi M. (2016-04-27). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-2277-4.
2. d.e, Harald Nissen (2024-06-18), "Frederik Trampe", Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 2024-07-12
3. Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-07-12.