Events in the year 1855 in Iceland. Incumbents Monarch: Frederick VII of Denmark Council President of Denmark: Peter Georg Bang Events The Icelandic Army was re-established by Andreas August von Kohl, the sheriff in Vestmannaeyjar. Births 6 June − Þorvaldur Thoroddsen, geologist and geographer. 2 December − Þórhallur Bjarnarson, politician. Deaths Rósa Guðmundsdóttir, poet. References 1850s in Iceland Years of the 19th century in Iceland Iceland Iceland