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Kristin E. Hrafnsson
Kristin E. Hrafnsson (born 1960 in Ólafsfjörður) is an Icelandic visual artist, currently resident in ReykjavÃk. He has works displayed both indoors and outdoors in public and private museums throughout Iceland. Beyond Iceland, Hrafnsson's work has also appeared in Denmark, Germany, and Hungary. Hrafnsson was responsible for producing the 2000 visual art piece ''Iceland's Bell (sculpture), Iceland's Bell'' currently an important feature of the University of Akureyri. References 1960 births Living people Icelandic contemporary artists, Kristin E. Hrafnsson 20th-century Icelandic artists, Kristin E. Hrafnsson 20th-century Icelandic male artists, Kristin E. Hrafnsson 21st-century Icelandic artists, Kristin E. Hrafnsson {{Europe-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ólafsfjörður
Ólafsfjörður () is a town in the northeast of Iceland located at the mouth of the fjord Eyjafjörður. The town is connected to DalvÃk on Eyjafjörður by the 3.5 km one-lane Múli tunnel (the ''Múlagöng'') and to Siglufjörður by the 11 km Héðinsfjörður Tunnels, opened in 2010. Fishing is the main industry in the town; several trawlers make their home in the town's harbor. The municipalities of Ólafsfjörður and Siglufjörður merged in 2006 to form the municipality of Fjallabyggð, which literally means ''Mountain Settlement''. History The town grew up around the herring industry that was very strong in the 1940s and 1950s, but the herring are gone now. Ólafsfjörður attained municipal status (''kaupstaðurréttindi'') on 31 October 1944 . The number of inhabitants amounted to 192 in 1910, to 336 in 1920, to 559 in 1930, to 736 in 1940, to 947 in 1950, to 905 in 1960, to 1.086 in 1970 and to 1.181 in 1979. In 1989 the town had 1.191 inhabitants. Ól ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |