1881 in Iceland

← 1880 1879 1878 1881 in Iceland → 1882 1883 1884
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1881 Timeline of Icelandic history

Events in the year 1881 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian IX
• Minister for Iceland: Johannes Nellemann ^[1]

Events

• The Alþingishúsið (The Parliament House) is constructed. ^[2]

Alþingishúsið constructed in 1881

Births

• 13 January – Sigvaldi Kaldalóns, composer
• 27 February – Sveinn Björnsson, first President of Iceland. ^[3]
• 6 August – Hulda, poet ^[4]
• Jón Stefánsson, landscape artist ^[5]

References

1. The Annual Register. Rivingtons. 1907.
2. Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
3. "Sveinn Björnsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
4. "Bjarklind, Unnur Benediktsdóttir (pseud. Hulda)". Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
5. Crystal, David ed (1998) The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge