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Guðmundur B. Ólafsson
Guðmundur or Gudmundur is an Icelandic male first name, sometimes shortened to Gummi or Gvendur. The Icelandic surname Guðmundsson is a patronymic surname meaning ''son of Guðmundur''. Guðmundsdóttir is a patronymic surname meaning ''daughter of Guðmundur''. Guðmundur may refer to: * Guðmundur Arason (1161–1237), 12th and 13th century Icelandic saintly bishop * Gudmundur S. (Bo) Bodvarsson (1952–2006), director of the Earth Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * Guðmundur Finnbogason (1873–1944), Icelandic philosopher * Gudmundur Fjelsted (died 1961), politician in Manitoba, Canada *Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handball) (born 1960), the coach of the Iceland national handball team *Guðmundur Gunnarsson (born 1945), Icelandic labour leader and father of Icelandic singer Björk *Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson (born 1982), Icelandic musician and composer *Guðmundur G. Hagalín Guðmundur Gíslason Hagalín (Lokinhömrum in Arnarfjörthur, Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Language
Icelandic (; is, íslenska, link=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. Due to being a West Scandinavian language, it is most closely related to Faroese, western Norwegian dialects, and the extinct language, Norn. The language is more conservative than most other Germanic languages. While most of them have greatly reduced levels of inflection (particularly noun declension), Icelandic retains a four- case synthetic grammar (comparable to German, though considerably more conservative and synthetic) and is distinguished by a wide assortment of irregular declensions. Icelandic vocabulary is also deeply conservative, with the country's language regulator maintaining an active policy of coining terms based on older Icelandic words rather than directly taking in loanwords from other languages. Since the written language has not changed much, Icelandic speakers can read classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Kamban
Guðmundur Kamban (8 June 1888 – 5 May 1945) was an Icelandic playwright and novelist. Biography He was born in the farm of Litlibær in Garðasókn, Iceland, son of a merchant of an old and well-known Icelandic family. He graduated from the College of Reykjavík, where he received honoris causa in literature and language. While still at college, he was made assistant editor of the best known newspaper in Iceland, edited by Björn Jónsson. In 1906 his psychic abilities were also investigated by the Experimental Society founded by Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran: as a clairvoyant, he succeeded in divining the contents of closed books, and as an automatic writer he penned works supposedly by Hans Christian Andersen, Jónas Hallgrímsson, and Snorri Sturluson. But he lost his mediumistic abilities after a serious illness. In 1908 he adopted the family name Kamban in place of his birth name (Guðmundur Jónsson) and advocated a change in Icelandic naming conventions. In 1910, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Andri Thorsson
Guðmundur Andri Thorsson is an editor, critic, and author born in Iceland on 31 December 1957. He received his degree in literature in 1983 from the University of Iceland. His first work was as a literary critic in the 1980s. His first novel, ''Mín káta angist'' came out in 1988 and he has had three more novels since then. He has also written several articles which have been collected into a book. In 2013 his novel ''Sæmd'' was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize. Major works * ''Mín káta angist'', novel, 1988. * ''Íslenski draumurinn'', novel, 1991. * ''Íslandsförin'', novel, 1996. * ''Ég vildi að ég kynni að dansa'', articles, 1998. * ''Náðarkraftur'', novel, 2003. * ''Stutt ágrip af sögu traktorsins á úkraínsku'', novel, translated from Marina Lewycka, via English, 2006 * ''Tveir húsvagnar'', novel, translated from Marina Lewycka, via English, 2007 * ''Segðu mömmu að mér líði vel'', novel, 2008. * ''Valeyrarvalsinn'', story-cycle, 2011. * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Steinarsson
Guðmundur Steinarsson (born 20 October 1979) is an Icelandic international former association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Steinarsson is currently assistant manager at Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir, Fjölnir. He spent the majority of his playing career with Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík, Keflavík, where he started his career in 1996, playing more than 250 league games for the club. Guðmundur has also had spells in Denmark and Switzerland with Brønshøj BK and FC Vaduz. Career Club career Guðmundur began his career in 1996 with Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík, Keflavík, and went on to score 28 goals in 82 league matches over the following six years. During the 1999 season, he had a spell on loan (association football), loan at Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, KA Akureyri. Guðmundur left Keflavík in July 2002 in order to move to Denmark to play with Brønshøj BK. He played 15 matches for the Danish club, and spent the 2003 campaign on lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Sigurjónsson
Guðmundur Sigurjónsson (born 25 September 1947) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Icelandic Chess Champion. Chess career Born in 1947, Guðmundur earned his international master title in 1970 and his grandmaster title in 1975. He won the Icelandic Chess Championship three times (1965, 1968 and 1972). He played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads of 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 and 1986. His tournament successes included 1st at Reykjavík 1970, =1st at Sant Feliu de Guíxols 1974, =2nd at Hastings 1974–75, =1st at Ourense 1976, =2nd at Cienfuegos 1976 and =1st at Brighton 1982. He has a FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ... rating of 2463 as of October 2017, though he is no longer active. Notable gamesLaszlo Sz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmason Model
The Palmason model is a depth, distance, temperature and heat flow gradient model of crustal accretion mechanism through the Iceland lithosphere which denotes the spreading material trajectories from a rift axis. The material erupting at the rift axis will tend to sink down, due to thermal subsidence and spreading, to a depth of many kilometers, while lava flows spreading to a distance of many kilometers away from the rift axis on the surface will sink down to shallower depth. Surface erosion can expose such preserved materials. The model was developed in the 1970s and 80s by Guðmundur Pálmason (1928–2004), once one of Iceland's best chess players. Chessgames.com. The name given to the model, however, misrepresents [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Frá Miðdal
Guðmundur Einarsson, known as Guðmundur frá (from) Miðdal (August 5, 1895 – May 23, 1963) was an Icelandic artist. He worked in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, graphics, ceramics, photography, and film, and was also a mountaineer and an author. __NOTOC__ Life and career Guðmundur studied art in Iceland in 1911-13 (with Stefáni Eiríksson) and 1916 (with Ríkarður Jónsson and Þórarin B. Þorláksson), in Copenhagen in 1919-20 and in Munich in 1920–25."Guðmundur Einarsson frá Miðdal" Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna, retrieved July 19, 2020. He worked in media including graphics, watercolors and oils, sculpture, glass, copper, silver, and ceramics as well as photography and film. He was a pioneer of ceramics in Iceland. He also designed jewelry, furniture, gardens, and houses a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon
Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon (born 5 June 1955) is an Icelandic artist and professor at the Iceland Academy of the Arts History Iceland University of the Arts ( is, Listaháskóli Íslands ) is an Icelandic institution of higher art education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland.Lisa Z. ValdimarsdottirI ...' Department of Architecture and Design. References Place of birth missing (living people) 1955 births Living people Gudmundur Oddur Magnusson {{Iceland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Kjærnested
Guðmundur Hjaltason Halldórsson Kjærnested (29 June 1923 – 2 September 2005) was an Icelandic commander in the Icelandic Coast Guard and took part in all three Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars. Life Born in Hafnarfjörður, he is most famous for being the commander of and for his achievements while protecting disputed changes to Icelandic territorial waters from the Royal Navy and British trawlers during the Cod Wars. Guðmundur died on 2 September 2005. He is regarded as a national hero in Iceland. Honours * : Knight of the Order of the Falcon (17 June 1976)Icelandic Presidency Website Guðmundur Kjærnested * : Grand Knight (Commander) of the Order of the Falcon (17 June 1984) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Þór Kárason
Guðmundur Þór Kárason (born 14 June 1974) is an Icelandic puppet designer and puppeteer who is best known for his work on '' LazyTown''. Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Guðmundur is the son of director Kári H. Þórsson and visual artist Jenný E. Guðmundsdóttir. In 1994, he founded Wit Puppets in Iceland, working on commercials, theater and television programs. Guðmundur's involvement in Wit Puppets ranges from character development, construction and performing some of the puppets himself. In 1998, Guðmundur joined Lazy Shows, performing and consulting on the show as well as designing visuals for the company. Starting in 2004, Guðmundur was one of the founders of LTS Garðbær Studios (also known as LazyTown Entertainment), puppet performer and voice of Ziggy in ''LazyTown''. In 2010, he was a photographer for the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2011, he was the director and producer for the postcards of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Jónsson
Guðmundur Jónsson (born 11 December 1953) is an Icelandic architect who lives in Norway. He was educated at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (1975–1981) and ILAUD (International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design) in Italy in autumn 1979. He practiced with Lund & Slatto and Eliassen and Lamertz-Nilssen in Oslo from 1981 to 1987 and established Gudmundur Jonsson Arkitektkontor in the same year. His most notable designs are the Norveg Coastal Culture and Industry Center in Rørvik, Hardangervidda Nasjonalparksenter, Norsk Fjordsenter in Geiranger, Søsterskipet in Rørvik, and the library in Akureyri, Iceland. Of all his works, his best-known are the Ibsenmuseet in Oslo and Norgeshistorisk utstilling in Maihaugen, Lillehammer. Prizes Guðmundur was nominated for the prestigious European architecture prize Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundsson
Guðmundsson is an Icelandic patronym, meaning ''son of Guðmundur''. The name may refer to: * Ágúst Guðmundsson (born 1947), Icelandic film director * Albert Guðmundsson (other) * Ari Guðmundsson (1927–2003), Icelandic Olympic ski jumper *Arinbjörn Guðmundsson (1932–2014), Icelandic chess master *Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson (contemporary), Icelandic professional handball player * Björgólfur Guðmundsson (born 1941), Icelandic billionaire businessman * Björn Hjörtur Guðmundsson (1911–1998), Icelandic master carpenter and environmental pioneer *Böðvar Guðmundsson (born 1939), Icelandic author, playwright, and poet *Einar Már Guðmundsson (born 1954), Icelandic author and poet *Guðmundur Guðmundsson (chess player) (1918–1974), Icelandic chess player *Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handballer) (born 1960), Icelandic professional handball coach *Guðmundur Guðmundsson (Mormon) (1825–1883), Icelandic Mormon missionary * Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson (190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
