1891 in Iceland

← 1890 1889 1888 1891 in Iceland → 1892 1893 1894
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1891 Timeline of Icelandic history

Events in the year 1891 in Iceland.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian IX
• Minister for Iceland: Johannes Nellemann^[1]

Events

• Icelandic Police began operating in places outside of Reykjavík^[2]

Deaths

• 19 August – Gestur Pálsson, writer (b. 1852)^[3]
• 15 May – Pétur Pétursson, the fourth Bishop of Iceland, served in office until 1889^[4]

References

1. The Annual Register. Rivingtons. 1907.
2. Guðjónsson, Guðmundur, ed. (April 2003). "The Police: A Historic Sketch" (PDF). The National Commissioner of the Police. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
3. Íslands, Blaðamannafélag. "Gestur Pálsson". Blaðamannafélag Íslands (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2022-10-22.
4. Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-11-08.