17th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1602 | The King of Denmark grants Danish merchants monopoly on trade with Iceland. | |
| 1615 | Spánverjavígin. | |
| 1625 | The first person is burnt alive for witchcraft. | |
| 1627 | Turkish Abductions: several hundred Icelanders are kidnapped by Muslim raiders. | |
| 1639 | Brynjólfur Sveinsson becomes bishop of Skálholt. | |
| 1656 | Kirkjuból witch trial. | |
| The Flateyjarbók manuscript is sent to Denmark. | ||
| 1662 | Icelanders are made to accept the absolute monarchy of the King of Denmark. | |
| 1666 | The Passion Psalms are composed by Hallgrímur Pétursson. |
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“Ours is the century of enforced travel ... of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon.”
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