1842 in Iceland

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Events in the year 1842 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VIII of Denmark
• Governor of Iceland: Torkil Abraham Hoppe ^[1]

Events

• Linguistic purism in Icelandic: Jónas Hallgrímsson publishes a translation of a textbook on astronomy (Stjörnufræði) which became exemplary for later translations of scientific literature. ^{[2] [3]}

Jónas Hallgrímsson

References

1. Bricka, Carl Frederik. "76 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VIII. Bind. Holst - Juul)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-13.
2. "Jónas Hallgrímsson: The Vastness of the Universe (illus.)". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
3. "Dagur íslenskrar tungu". www.stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-05-30.