Education
He attended the University of Copenhagen and became a pastor at Reykholt in 1732.
He attended the University of Copenhagen and became a pastor at Reykholt in 1732.
He was reluctant to become a bishop due to the administrative duties the office entailed. In 1774, he become the first Icelander to receive a Doctor of Theology degree. From 1772 to 1778, he published Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ, a four-volume work containing publications of the church in Iceland in Latin.
Finnur"s son, Hannes Finnsson, succeeded his father as Bishop of Skálholt, having been ordained a bishop in 1777.
Finnur"s wife was Guðríður Gísladóttir (1707–1766).