title: 1871 in Iceland
text: # 1871 in Iceland
  
  Events in the year 1871 in Iceland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Christian IX
  * Council President of Denmark: Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
  
  ## Events
  
  * 2 January − Stöðulög (The Laws of Standing) on the constitutional standing of Iceland within the realm) were laws passed by Denmark.
  
  ## Births
  
  * Sigríður Tómasdóttir, environmentalist
  