Bjarni Vigfússon Thorarensen (December 30, 1786 – August 24, 1841) was an Icelandic poet and official. He was deputy governor of northern and eastern Iceland. As a poet he was influenced by classicism and romanticism. Politically he was aligned with the
Fjölnismenn and favored the reestablishment of the
Althing
The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (" thing fields" or "assemb ...
at
Þingvellir
Þingvellir (, anglicised as ThingvellirThe spelling ''Pingvellir'' is sometimes seen, although the letter "p" is unrelated to the letter "þ" (thorn), which is pronounced as "th".) was the site of the Alþing, the annual parliament of Iceland ...
. He was a friend of
Jónas Hallgrímsson whose own poetry was influenced by Bjarni's work.
Bjarni's best known work is ''Íslands minni'', also known as ''Eldgamla Ísafold''.
See also
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List of Icelandic writers
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Icelandic literature
Icelandic literature refers to literature written in Iceland or by Icelandic people. It is best known for the sagas written in medieval times, starting in the 13th century. As Icelandic and Old Norse are almost the same, and because Icelandic wo ...
References
Jónas Hallgrímsson: Bjarni ThorarensenInformation on Jónas Hallgrímsson's elegy on Bjarni
Bjarni Vigfússon ThórarensenBritannica article
''Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias''
External links
Ljóð eftir Bjarna ThorarensenSeveral of Bjarni's poems
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Bjarni Thorarensen
Bjarni Thorarensen
1786 births
1841 deaths
Bjarni Thorarensen
Bjarni Thorarensen
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