1842 in Iceland

Events in the year 1842 in Iceland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian VIII of Denmark
 * Governor of Iceland: Torkil Abraham Hoppe

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.