1818 in Iceland

Events in the year 1818 in Iceland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Frederick VI
 * Governor of Iceland: Johan Carl Thuerecht von Castenschiold

Events

 * Landsbókasafn Íslands, the former National Library of Iceland is established at the instigation of Danish antiquarian Carl Christian Rafn and the Icelandic Literary Society.
 * Klausturpósturinn, the first monthly publication to be published in the Icelandic language begins printing at Beitistaðir.

Births

 * Jón Thoroddsen elder, poet.