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Icelandic Women Writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Iceland or whose writings are closely associated with that country. A *Anna Mjöll Ólafsdóttir, jazz songwriter *Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir, poet *Arndís Þórarinsdóttir, children's books author *Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (born 1958), novelist, poet *Auður Jónsdóttir (born 1973), novelist, playwright, journalist *Auður Laxness, writer and wife of Halldór Laxness Á *Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir (born 1938), novelist *Áslaug Jónsdóttir, children's book author *Ágústína Jónsdóttir (born 1949), poet B *Bergljót Arnalds, children's book author *Bergþóra Árnadóttir, folk song writer *Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 1967), politician, poet, editor *Björk, songwriter *Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir (born 1982), novelist *Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir (born 1970), children's writer D *Drífa Viðar (1920–1971), writer, artist and educator E *Elín Briem (1856–1937), teacher, cookbook writer *Elín Ebba Gunnarsdótti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its surrounding areas) is home to over 65% of the population. Iceland is the biggest part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that rises above sea level, and its central volcanic plateau is erupting almost constantly. The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains, and glaciers, and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate. According to the ancient manuscript , the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elín Briem
Elín Rannveig Briem (1856–1937) was an Icelandic teacher and writer who in 1889 published one of Iceland's most popular books, ''Kvennafræðarinn'' (The Women's Instructor). Principally a cookbook, it also provided advice to housewives on health, hygiene and economics. The work was based on the classes she gave to her students while headmistress of the girls college at Ytri-Ey near Skagaströnd in the north of Iceland. Early life and education Born on 19 October 1856 at Espihóll on the Eyjafjörður, Elín Rannveig Briem was the daughter of Eggert Gunnlaugson Briem, a county magistrate (''sýslumaður'') in northern and northwestern Iceland, and his wife Ingibjörg Eiríksdóttir. Elín was the 10th in a family of 19 children. The family moved frequently, settling in Reynistaður near Sauðárkrókur in 1872. There the children were taught privately at home, learning all the normal subjects as well as English, Danish and German. Elín and her sister Kristin strongly support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallfríður Ólafsdóttir
Hallfríður Ólafsdóttir (12 July 1964 – 4 September 2020) was an Icelandic flautist, music pedagogue and writer. She did chamber music for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted orchestra with several symphony orchestras and was a flute teacher at various Icelandic institutions. Hallfríður collaborated in the creation of the mouse Maximus Musicus to introduce children to classical music. She received multiple awards and recognition for her work and was appointed Knight's Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon in 2014. Early life and education Hallfríður's birth occurred on 12 July 1964 in Reykjavík. She was brought up in Kópavogur. Hallfríður was educated at Kársnesskóli in Kópavogur and Kvennaskólinn í Reykjavík. She was a graduate of Reykjavík High School and each of the Reykjavík Academy of Music with a degree for being a brass teacher and a soloist in mid-1988 under Bernharður Wilkinson, the Royal Academy of Music with a Diploma of Advanced Studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðrún Lárusdóttir
Guðrún Lárusdóttir (8 January 1880 – 20 August 1938) was an Icelandic politician, writer and translator. She most notably served two terms as a member of the Althing, the national parliament of Iceland. Biography Guðrún was born in Valþjófsstað, Fljótsdalur, the daughter of Lárus Halldórsson (1851–1908), a parliamentarian and priest, and his wife Kirstín Katrín Pétursdóttir Guðjohnsen (1850–1940). At a young age, she wrote about issues regarding women's rights. She also translated works from Danish language, Danish, English language, English and German language, German to Icelandic language, Icelandic. In 1899, she moved to Reykjavík with her family. She published her first novel, a three-part series titled ''Ljós og skuggar'', between 1903 and 1905. Guðrún first sat in the town council of Reykjavík between 1912 and 1918. She was elected to the Althing, serving from 1930 to 1934, and was the second woman in the country to serve this position. Ingibjörg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir
Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir (born 27 September 1939 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic author and artist. She has received a number of awards as an artist and author of more than 130 books, including children's books, books on nature, and the Óðsmál series. The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture and Hagthenkir, the Association of Non-fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland, funded the Óðsmál series. Guðrún received a research grant from the Icelandic Government Cultural Council in 1988. A model in her teens, she appeared in the Icelandic films ''Hrafninn flýgur'' (''When the Raven Flies'') and '' Myrkrahöfðinginn'' (''Flames of Paradise''). Guðrún graduated from the Commercial College of Iceland in 1962, and graduated from the Icelandic Art Academy (Myndlista-og handíðaskóli Íslands) in 1973. She studied pedagogy at the University of Iceland, and was a distant-education student in the science of consciousness and physics at the Maharish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðrún Helgadóttir
Guðrún Helgadóttir (7 September 1935 – 23 March 2022) was a prominent writer of children's literature in Iceland. She was born in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. Her first book, ''Jón Oddur og Jón Bjarni'', appeared in 1974 when she worked at the National Health and Insurance Office. It concerned scheming twins. Several more books in this series were released. In 1981, they became the basis for a film. By the late 1980s she won several awards, and she was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1988. She has written a small amount of drama for adults, but most of her work is for young children. She was also a politician. She became the first woman to be Speaker of the Althing in 1988 and held that position until 1991. Before that she had served in the legislative assembly and held a position on the Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðrún Frá Lundi
Guðrún Baldvina Árnadóttir (3 June 1887 – 22 August 1975), known as Guðrún frá Lundi, was an Icelandic writer. She was born in Lundur, the fourth of the nine children of Árni Magnússon and his wife Baldvina Ásgrímsdóttir, and took up writing as a teenager, living on a farm. Having married a carpenter, had children and moved to Sauðárkrókur before the Second World War, she resumed writing and her first book was finally published in 1946. In her sixties, she became prolific, bringing out a book a year on average, including poetry collections. Her best known work is the epic novel ''Dalalíf'', published in several volumes and completed in 1952. Her stories mostly have a rural setting and deal with the lives of the kind of farming community where she grew up. Her books were immensely popular until the 1960s, when Icelandic culture and the Icelandic language Icelandic (; is, íslenska, link=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir is an Icelandic writer born on 17 March 1976. She studied philosophy at the University of Iceland. Her first novel and collection came out in 1998 to acclaim. She has written five novels since then. In 2000, her novel ''Fyrirlestur um hamingjuna'' ("Lecture on Happiness") was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize The Icelandic Literary Prize ( Icelandic: ''Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin''), or Icelandic Literary Award, is an award which is given to three books each year by the Icelandic Publishers Association. The prize was founded on the association's cen .... In 2006 she was awarded the DV Culture Prize for the novel ''Yosoy''. In 2012, she was awarded the Icelandic Literary Prize for ''Allt með kossi vekur'' ("Everything Is Woken with a Kiss"). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðný Halldórsdóttir
Guðný Halldórsdóttir (born 23 January 1954) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. She has directed eight films since 1984, including ''Under the Glacier'' and ''The Honour of the House''. She wrote the screenplay for 1986 comedy ''Stella í orlofi'' (''Stella on Vacation'') and directed its 2002 sequel, ''Stella í framboði'' (''Stella running for Office''). Her 2007 film ''The Quiet Storm (film), The Quiet Storm'' was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Her father was writer and 1955 Nobel prize, Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness, while her mother was writer and textile designer Auður Laxness. Her son is rapper, actor and comedian Halldór Laxness Halldórsson, better known as Dóri DNA. Selected filmography * ''Stella í orlofi'' (''Stella on Vacation'') (1986) * ''Under the Glacier'' (1989) * ''The Honour of the House'' (1999) * ''Stella í framboði'' (''Stella running for Office'') (2002) * ''The Quiet Storm (film), The Quiet Storm'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerður Kristný
Gerður Kristný (born 1970) is an Icelandic writer who is best known for her poetry and books for children. Early life Gerður Kristný was born on 10 June 1970 and brought up in Reykjavík. She graduated in French and comparative literature from the University of Iceland in 1992 with a BA thesis on Charles Baudelaire’s ''Les Fleurs du Mal''. Before becoming a full-time writer, she trained at Danish Radio TV. Career Gerður Kristný was editor of the magazine ''Mannlíf'' from 1998–2004 and wrote numerous books for children, short stories, and poetry during the same time. In 2005, she published the biography ''Myndin af pabba: Saga Thelmu'' (''A Portrait of Dad: Thelma's Story''), which tells the story of a group of sisters' experiences of sexual abuse at the hands of their father in the 1960s and 70s.Björn Þór Sigbjörnsson, Bergsteinn Sigurðsson, and others, ''Ísland í aldanna rás, 2001-2010: Saga lands og þjóðar ár frá ári'' (Reykjavík: JPV, 2012), 195. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erla Stefánsdóttir
Erla Hafstein Stefánsdóttir (6 September 1935 – 5 October 2015) was an Icelandic piano-teacher and self-proclaimed seer. She was a noted public commentator on the topic of the huldufólk, particularly in relation to how they might be affected by building projects such as road-building, housing estates, or power-stations. She also held elf-tours in Hafnarfjörður. Publications Erla is noted for her maps of elf-habitats, drawings, and books. Maps * ''Huliðsheimakort: teikningar af álfabyggð, huliðsvættum og texti Erla Stefánsdóttir ; kortlagning álfabyggðar og ljósmyndir Kolbrún Þóra Oddsdóttir'' (Hafnarfjörður: Ferðamálanefnd Hafnarfjarðar, 993 (''Hafnarfjörður: hidden worlds map, written by Erla Stefánsdóttir; drawings of elf settlements and spirits, and descriptive text Erla Stefánsdóttir; maps of elf settlements and photography Kolbrún Thóra Oddsdóttir'' (Hafnarfjörður: Hafnarfjörður Tourism Committee, 993 Year 993 ( CMXCIII) was a com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
