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Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson was an Icelandic professional footballer who played for, amongst others, Rangers, Arsenal, Nancy and A.C. Milan. After retiring from his sporting career, he became a politician and was a member of Alþingi for 15 years, serving as Minister of Finance of Iceland and Minister of Industry.
Icelandic passports are issued to citizens of Iceland for the purpose of international travel. Beside serving as proof of Icelandic citizenship, they facilitate the process of securing assistance from Icelandic consular officials abroad.
Agnes Jónsdóttir was a prioress and later the abbess of the Benedictine convent Reynistathir abbey in Iceland from 1461 until her death in 1507. She succeeded Þóra Finnsdóttir/Barbara who was ordained as a nun with her in 1431.
Halldóra Briem was the first Icelandic woman to study architecture. She studied architecture at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden from 1935 to 1940. She would go on to work professionally in Sweden.
The Úrvalsdeild Karla Player of the Year is an award for the top-tier basketball league in Iceland, the men's Úrvalsdeild. It was first awarded in 1968, to Birgir Örn Birgis, and the first trophy was given by Dave Zinkoff of the Philadelphia 76ers. From 1979, the award has been given to both the domestic and foreign player of the year.
Theodóra Friðrika Guðmundsdóttir Thoroddsen was an Icelandic poet, folktale collector, translator, and sewing and textile artist.
Events in the year 1877 in Iceland.
Ragna Róbertsdóttir is an Icelandic artist. She was educated in Iceland and Sweden.
Glaumbær is an Icelandic town and church site in the middle of Langholt, west of Héraðsvötn in Skagafjörður, formerly a part of the rural municipality Seyluhreppur. It is now home to the Skagafjörður Folk Museum.
Hegranes is the name of the Icelandic peninsula between the branches of the Héraðsvötn river in Skagafjörður. Although Hegranes is called a peninsula, it is actually an island about 15 kilometers long with a fairly tall, rocky headland covered in vegetation. Héraðsvötn's western estuary hews closely to the west side of the peninsula, but there is a large sandy area before the peninsula reaches the eastern estuary. Off the southern end of the peninsula, there is a delta called Austara-Eylendið with diverse avian life and vegetation, which is home to a natural heritage site.
Reynistaður, previously Staður í Reynisnesi, is a town in Skagafjörður—a fjord in the north of Iceland. Reynistaður is the location of an old manor. Þorfinnur karlsefni was from Reynistaður and lived there for some time with his wife, Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir after they returned from Vinland. During the Age of the Sturlungs, it was one of the residences of the Ásbirningar family clan. Kolbeinn kaldaljós Arnórsson, also called Staðar-Kolbeinn, lived there as did his son Brandur Kolbeinsson later on.
Sunnanpósturinn was an Icelandic monthly publication published from 1835 to 1838. The publication contained news, announcements, articles, stories and poems. Þórður Sveinbjörnsson was the first editor and later Reverend Árni Helgason took over the position.
Nathan or Natan Ketilsson was an Icelandic self-taught physician who last lived at Illugastaðir in Vatnsnes in Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla and was murdered there along with another man. His killers, Agnes Magnúsdóttir and Friðrik Sigurðsson were the last people to be executed in Iceland.
Events in the year 1828 in Iceland.
Events in the year 1827 in Iceland.
Events in the year 1818 in Iceland.
Stóra-Seyla, or Seyla, is a town and old manor in Langholt in Skagafjörður, Iceland. Previously, it was the location of the Seyluhreppur county assembly, which was named after the town.
Events in the year 1800 in Iceland.
Staðarhreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, to the west of the Héraðsvötn in Skagafjörður, Iceland, named after the church site Reynistaður.
Björn Halldórsson was an Icelandic priest and author based at Setberg, Grundarfjörður. He is also believed to be the first person to grow potatoes in Iceland. His most popular book, Atli was published in 1780.
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