1879 in Iceland

Events in the year 1879 in Iceland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Christian IX
 * Minister for Iceland: Johannes Nellemann

Events

 * Geirfuglasker erupts (submarine).

Births

 * 6 February – Magnús Guðmundsson, politician
 * 6 February – Björn Þórðarson, prime minister of Iceland



Deaths

 * 19 June – Vilhelmína Lever, 77, shopkeeper
 * 7 December – Jón Sigurðsson, 68, leader of the Icelandic independence movement.