Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra is a fornaldarsaga about a young Dane named Illugi who delivers a female troll and her daughter from a curse. The earliest manuscript dates from the first half of the 16th century.
The Northern Central Railway (NCRY) was a Class I Railroad in the United States connecting Baltimore,Maryland,with Sunbury,Pennsylvania,along the Susquehanna River. Completed in 1858,the line came under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in 1861,when the PRR acquired a controlling interest in the Northern Central's stock to compete with the rival Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O).
Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson is an Icelandic former footballer who last played for KR as a midfielder. Brynjar had previously played for Nottingham Forest,Stoke City,Watford and Reading in England,as well as Vålerenga and Moss in Norway and Örgryte in Sweden. Gunnarsson is the current manager of HK in the Premier Division of Icelandic football,after helping them to a promotion in his first season with the team.
Jan Gunnarsson is a former tennis player from Sweden,who won one singles title in Vienna in 1985 and nine doubles titles on the world tour during his professional career. In 1989 he reached the semi-finals of Australian Open where he lost in straight sets to Miloslav Mečíř.
Victor Gunnarsson was a Swedish right-wing extremist,who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme. He emigrated to the United States,and was later murdered in 1993 in North Carolina by former police officer Lamont C. Underwood as part of a love triangle.
Veigar Páll Gunnarsson is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Rolf Gunnarsson is a Swedish former politician of the Moderate Party. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1994 to 2010.
Sturla Gunnarsson is an Icelandic-Canadian film and television director and producer.
Aron Einar Malmquist Gunnarsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa and captains the Icelandic national team. He plays as a central midfielder,usually in a defensive capacity.
Carl Gunnarsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for Linköpings HC of the Elitserien (SEL) and the Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Róbert Gunnarsson is an Icelandic former handball player who featured in the Icelandic national team as a line player. He has competed for Iceland at three Olympic Games,winning a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The 2009–2011 Icelandic financial crisis protests,also referred to as the Kitchenware,Kitchen Implement or Pots and Pans Revolution,occurred in the wake of the Icelandic financial crisis. There had been regular and growing protests since October 2008 against the Icelandic government's handling of the financial crisis. The protests intensified on 20 January 2009 with thousands of people protesting at the parliament (Althing) in Reykjavík. These were at the time the largest protests in Icelandic history.
Ólafur Þór Gunnarsson is an Icelandic former footballer. He played the majority of his career in Iceland and capped for the Icelandic national team against Brazil in 2002. He played football for Flagler College in the United States,where he was a three-time NAIA All-American,All-Region XIV and All-Florida Sun Conference selection. In 2016,he was inducted into the schools hall of fame.
Reykjavík North is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing,the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established in 2003 when the existing Reykjavík constituency was split into two. The constituency currently elects nine of the 63 members of the Althing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 parliamentary election it had 47,600 registered electors.
Events in the year 1602 in Norway.
Johan Rutger Gunnarsson was a Swedish musician,bass guitarist,guitarist,arranger and producer. He was closely associated with the pop group ABBA.
Niklas Gunnarsson is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for Yverdon-Sport. Gunnarsson has previously played for Norwegian clubs Odd,Vålerenga,Sarpsborg 08,and Strømsgodset,Swedish clubs Elfsborg,Djurgårdens IF,and IFK Norrköping,Scottish club Hibernian,and Italian club Palermo.
The following lists events that happened in 1980 in Iceland.
Patrik Sigurður Gunnarsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club Kortrijk.
Jonas Gunnarsson is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag,the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party,he represented Värmland County between October 2010 and September 2018.
