1820 in Iceland

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Events in the year 1820 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick VI of Denmark ^[1]
• Governor of Iceland: Ehrenreich Christopher Ludvig Moltke ^[2]

Events

• The oldest known text containing Atla saga Ótryggssonar , one of the sagas of Icelanders, was written. ^[3]

Grímur Thomsen (May 15, 1820 – November 27, 1896)

Births

• May 15: Grímur Thomsen, poet and editor ^[4]
• August 16: Sölvi Helgason, artist ^[5]

References

1. "Frederik 6. | lex.dk". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
2. bókmenntafélag, Íslenska (1904). Tímarit (in Icelandic).
3. "Listi yfir handrit | Handrit.is". handrit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-06-25.
4. Blöndal 1911.
5. "Listasafn Reykjavíkur". listasafnreykjavikur.is. Retrieved 2024-06-25.

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Blöndal, Sigfús (1911). "Thomsen, Grímur". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 871.