1753 in Iceland

The following events occurred in Iceland in the year 1753.

Incumbents Monarch: Frederick V Governor of Iceland: Otto von Rantzau

Events

Skúli Magnússon sought a grant from the Danish king to build a better house, "which could receive young and healthy wanderers and beggars who wander around the country in groups". That building later became the Government House. Grímsvötn erupts.

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