1851 in Iceland

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick VII of Denmark
• Prime Minister of Denmark: Adam Wilhelm Moltke
• Governor of Iceland: Jørgen Ditlev Trampe

Events

• National Assembly of 1851
• The first Mormons in Iceland,Thorarinn Thorason and Guðmundur Guðmundsson were baptized in 1851 under the direction of Erastus Snow.

Births

• 1 June − Þorgils gjallandi, author

Deaths

• 18 October − Brynjólfur Pétursson, lawyer