1851 in Iceland

Events in the year 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 (or Hafliðason) 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