1830
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- George Trail, British Whig Party, was elected as MP for Orkney & Shetland.
- The St. Olaf Church in Cullivoe, Yell, was built.
- Author James Stout Angus was born.
- The Church of Scotland constituted the synod of Zetland by dividing the Presbytery of Zetland into the Presbyteries of Lerwick and Burravoe.
February
- 8th
The Norna (1830), from Shetland, for Liverpool, England drove ashore in Uyea Sound and filled with water.
June
- A total of six unspecified Shetland registered fishing boats with a total of 30 crew lost at unspecified locations off the SE off Shetland, from Bressay to Sumburgh Head during gales.
