1827 in Iceland

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick VI
• Governor of Iceland: Peter Fjeldsted Hoppe.

Events

• Autumn: The Icelandic Literary Society's journal Skírnir begins being published.
• Klausturpósturinn, the first monthly magazine published in Icelandic is discontinued.

Births

• Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir, midwife and feminist.
• Páll Ólafsson, poet.

Deaths

• 18 December: Hans Jonatan, escaped slave, soldier, farmer and trader.