Þorbjörg Jóhannsdóttir Leifs

	Þorbjörg Jóhannsdóttir Leifs Þorbjörg is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Þorbjörg lítilvölva ('c. 10th century CE), seeress in Norse colonial Greenland Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir (1919–2009), Icelandic sculptor Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir (1827–1903), Icelandic midwife and feminist Margrét Þorbjörg Thors Hallgrímsson Margrét Þorbjörg Thors Hallgrímsson (April 22, 1902 – September 2, 1996) was a matriarch of one of the most powerful families in Iceland in the twentieth century. She was the eighth child of Margrét Þorbjörg Kristjánsdóttir and Thor Ph ... (1902–1996), matriarch of one of the most powerful families in Iceland {{Given name Icelandic feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Þorbjörg Lítilvölva ('Thorbjörg little-''völva;'' CE) was a renowned seeress (''völva'') in Norse colonial Greenland during the late Viking Age. She is featured in the ''Saga of Erik the Red'' and her description is the most detailed presentation of seeress behavior, associated customs, and material culture – such as her distinctive clothing and use of a wand – found in the sagas of Icelanders. ''Saga of Erik the Red'' According to the saga, times were tough in Greenland; hunters caught few animals, and some simply didn't return at all. In the Norse settlement lived a seeress by the name of Þorbjörg, called the ''lítilvölva'' (meaning 'little (or lesser) seeress'). She had nine sisters, all of whom held the gift of prophecy, but Þorbjörg had outlived them all.Kunz (2000: 658). Every winter, Þorbjörg visited each farm to which she was invited in the district. She regularly received invitations from those who wanted to know their future, or the future of their farms. One winter, Þor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir Þorbjörg Guðrún Pálsdóttir (10 February 1919, Reykjavík – 11 November 2009, Reykjavík) was an Icelandic sculptor. She is perhaps best known for her four green alien-like public statues ''Dansleikur/Dance'' in Reykjavík, which she completed in 1970, and which is located on Perlan, the highest hill in the city. Other works of note include ''Par'' (1994) and ''Boy and Girl'' (1968), located at Tjörnin. She was a member of the Icelandic Sculptors Society, which she established in the Icelandic capital in 1972 along with Hallsteinn Sigurðsson, Jon Gunnar Árnason, Ragnar Kjartansson and others. The daughter of Pál Ólafsson and Hilda Stefánsdóttir, she married physician Andrés Ásmundsson (1916–2006) on 6 August 1942. They had five children and two adopted children, 18 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She attended the Commercial College of Iceland and studied photography at Reykjavík Technical College and also studied in Stockholm. Works by Þorbjör ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir (1827 – 1903) was an Icelandic midwife and feminist, particularly known for her work for women's right to education. She was born in Iceland to an Icelandic priest. She educated herself as a midwife in Copenhagen in Denmark in 1855–1856, and then returned to Iceland, where she worked as a midwife in Reykjavík until 1902. As such she took many midwife students. She never married, but became the foster mother of her orphaned niece, the writer and feminist Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir. She was active in the work to establish a university in Iceland. In 1894, she founded a committee to work for the establishment of a university open to women. She was one of the co-founders of the women's organization Hið íslenska kvenfélag. In 1897, she was elected the second president of the Hið íslenska kvenfélag after Sigþrúður Friðriksdóttir. References Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir minningarrit, Hið íslenska Kvenfélag 1908Tobbukot (Borgarsögusafn) {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Margrét Þorbjörg Thors Hallgrímsson Margrét Þorbjörg Thors Hallgrímsson (April 22, 1902 – September 2, 1996) was a matriarch of one of the most powerful families in Iceland in the twentieth century. She was the eighth child of Margrét Þorbjörg Kristjánsdóttir and Thor Philip Axel Jensen, one of Iceland's most powerful businessmen, and the last of them to die. On November 17, 1928, Margrét Þorbjörg married the businessman Hallgrímur Fr. Hallgrímsson (1905–1989), with whom she had Margrét Þóra Hallgrímsson Margrét Þóra Hallgrímsson (28 January 1930 – 27 August 2020), also referred as Thora Hallgrimsdottir, was an Icelandic socialite and aristocrat who was the wife of the businessman Björgólfur Guðmundsson and like him was a prominent figur ... and Elína Benta.'Margrét Þorbjörg Thors', ''Morgunblaðið'', September 10, 1996, p. 38 http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/286017/, http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1861595. References Margret Thorbjorg Thors Hallgrimsson 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]