Axel Sveinsson (3 April 1896 - 12 August 1957)
Retrieved 2012-06-20. was an Icelandic civil engineer. He received his engineering degree in Copenhagen in 1927. He is noted for having designed several

lighthouses in Iceland A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

;View Attraction - Hólmsbergsviti
Retrieved 2012-06-21. these include the lighthouses at Hólmsbergsviti, Garðskagi, ÞrídrangavitiÞrídrangaviti - Heimaslod
Retrieved 2012-06-21. and Knarrarós. A postage stamp depicting the Vattarnes lighthouse at Reyðarfjörður, which was designed by Axel, was issued in 2013.Iceland – Lighthouses III
Retrieved 2014-07-10.

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1896 births 1957 deaths Icelandic civil engineers 20th-century engineers {{Iceland-bio-stub