Erlendur Eiríksson
Erlendur is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: * Erlendur Haraldsson (1931–2020), psychology professor at the University of Iceland * Erlendur Jónsson (1929–2003), Icelandic writer, poet, critic and teacher * Erlendur Patursson (1913–1986), Faroese politician and writer * Erlendur Valdimarsson (born 1947), Icelandic athlete Fictional * Detective Erlendur, a character in novels by Arnaldur Indriðason Arnaldur Indriðason (pronounced ; born 28 January 1961) is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction; his most popular series features the protagonist Detective Erlendur. Biography Arnaldur was born in Reykjavík on 28 January 1961, the son of ...

Erlendur Haraldsson
Erlendur Haraldsson (November 3, 1931 – November 22, 2020) was a professor emeritus of psychology on the faculty of social science at the University of Iceland. He published in various psychology and psychiatry journals. In addition, he published parapsychology books and authored a number of papers for parapsychology journals. Education Erlendur studied philosophy at the universities of Iceland, Edinburgh and Freiburg from 1954 to 1958 and supported himself as a writer and journalist from 1959 to 1963. He studied psychology at Freiburg and at the University of Munich, where he obtained the Dipl. Psych. in 1969. He was a research fellow at the Institute of Parapsychology in Durham, N. C. 1969–70 and did an internship in clinical psychology at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, 1970–71. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Freiburg under parapsychologist Hans Bender in 1972. Teaching and research career Erlendur wor ...
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Erlendur Jónsson
Erlendur Jónsson (; 8 April 1929 – 17 Juli 2003) was an Icelandic writer and poet and former critic and teacher. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays and literary criticism. Life Erlendur was born on 8 April 1929 in Geithól in Staðarhreppur in Vestur-Húnavatnsýsla. His parents were Jón Ásmundsson, a farmer and organist, and Stefanía Guðmundsdóttir (1895–1973), a midwife. Erlendur took his matriculation exam from Menntaskólinn in Akureyri and after that began studying Icelandic and history at the University of Iceland. Then in pedagogy and finished his studies in 1953. He then studied English and American contemporary literature at the University of Bristol in England 1965–1966. Erlendur worked at the French embassy from 1953 to 1955. He then worked as a teacher in a middle school and later at the Industrial School in Reykjavík from 1955 to 1999. He also worked as a literary critic at ''Morgunblaðið'' from 1963. From 1966 he worked on various ...
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Erlendur Patursson
Erlendur Patursson (20 August 1913 – 16 June 1986) was a Faroese politician and writer. Erlendur was born in 1913 in Kirkjubøur. He was the son of the politician Jóannes Patursson. He became cand.pol. in 1940 and was one of the founders of '' Tjóðveldisflokkurin'', the Faroese Republican Party, in 1948.Jinathan Wylie, "Erlendur Patursson, Politician and Journalist," in Jonathan Wylie and David Margolin, ''The Ring of Dancers: Images of Faroese Culture'', Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1981, , pp. 139–41, p. 139. The Republicans are a left-wing Faroese political party in favor of national independence from Denmark. He was a member of the Løgting from 1958 to 1966 and again in 1970–86. From 1963 to 1967 he was minister of fishery and finance, and from 1973 to 1977 a member of the Folketing. Patursson came up with the idea for the Nordic House in the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic council he pushed for Greenlandic independence as well as independen ...
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Erlendur Valdimarsson
Erlendur Valdimarsson (born 5 November 1947) is an Icelandic athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References External links * 1947 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Erlendur Valdimarsson Erlendur Valdimarsson Place of birth missing (living people) {{Iceland-athletics-bio-stub ...
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