Events in the year 1745 in Iceland.

Incumbents Monarch: Christian VI Governor of Iceland: Henrik Ochsen

Events

Ludvig Harboe returned to Copenhagen after spending four years in Iceland, serving as Bishop of Hólar from 1741 to 1745 and Bishop of Skálholt from 1744 to 1745. Halldór Brynjólfsson was chosen Bishop of Hólar. Iceland's first primary school was established in the Westman Islands.

Deaths

3 December: Eyjólfur Jónsson, chronicler and priest at Vellir in Svarfaðardalur.

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