1827 in Iceland

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Events in the year 1827 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick VI ^[1]
• Governor of Iceland: Peter Fjeldsted Hoppe. ^[2]

Events

• Autumn: The Icelandic Literary Society's journal Skírnir begins being published. ^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Klausturpósturinn, the first monthly magazine published in Icelandic is discontinued. ^[6]

Births

• Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir, midwife and feminist. ^[7]
• Páll Ólafsson, poet. ^[8]

Deaths

• 18 December: Hans Jonatan, escaped slave, soldier, farmer and trader. ^[9]

References

1. "Frederik 6. | lex.dk". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
2. Bricka, Carl Frederik. "500 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / IX. Bind. Jyde - Køtschau)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-16.
3. Halldór Hermannsson, p. 32.
4. Söguágrip, pp. 20, 44.
5. "Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag 200 ára", p. 13.
6. Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
7. Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Bækur.is". baekur.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
8. Bandle, Oskar; Elmevik, Lennart; Widmark, Gun (2002). The Nordic Languages: An International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   978-3-11-017149-5.
9. Sorensen, Martin Selsoe (2018-04-14). "Iceland's 1st Black Citizen? An Ex-Slave and War Hero Denmark Now Disregards". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-06-18.