1840 in Iceland

none 1840 Iceland Flag of Denmark.svg 90px Other events in 1840Timeline of Icelandic history Events in the year 1840 in Iceland. Incumbents Monarch: Christian VIII of Denmark Governor of Iceland: Carl Emil Bardenfleth Events The largest recorded surface area of the Langjökull ice gap was recorded.Flowers Gwenn E. Björnsson Helgi Geirsdóttir Áslaug Miller Gifford H. Gifford H. Miller Clarke Garry K.C. 2007 Glacier fluctuation and inferred climatology of Langjökull ice cap through the Little Ice Age Quaternary Science Reviews 26 19–21 2337–2353 2007QSRv...26.2337F 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.07.016 thumb|Sveinn Pálsson, 1798 Deaths 24 April: Sveinn Pálsson, physician and naturalist.Tomassón Haukur 1986 The History of Mapping in Iceland, with Special Reference to Glaciers https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annals-of-glaciology/article/history-of-mapping-in-iceland-with-special-reference-to-glaciers/74CB1BECC4CE2024CA04C9DC009A1B6E Annals of Glaciology en 8 4–7 10.3189/S0260305500001026 0260-3055 subscription References 1840 Category:1840 in Denmark Category:1840s in Iceland Category:Years of the 19th century in Iceland Iceland Iceland