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Gunnlaugsson
Gunnlaugsson is a surname of Icelandic origin, meaning ''son of Gunnlaugur''. In Icelandic names, the name is not strictly a surname, but a patronymic. People named Gunnlaugsson include: *Arnar Gunnlaugsson (born 1973), Icelandic professional football player *Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (born 1973), Icelandic professional football player *Björn Gunnlaugsson (1788–1876), Icelandic mathematician and cartographer * Darryl Gunnlaugson, Canadian curler *Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson (born 1989), Icelandic singer * Garðar Gunnlaugsson (born 1983), Icelandic professional football player *Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (born 1948), Icelandic filmmaker of Viking films *Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (; born 12 March 1975) is an Icelandic politician who was the prime minister of Iceland from May 2013 until April 2016. He was also chairman of the Progressive Party from 2009 to October 2016. He was elected to th ... (born 1975), Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister {{s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Gunnlaugsson
Björn Gunnlaugsson (25 September 1788 – 17 March 1876)Benedikz, p. 568ff. was an Icelandic mathematician and cartographer. For the Icelandic Literary Society, he surveyed the country from 1831 to 1843. The results of his work were published in a topographic map of Iceland at a scale of 1:480,000 on four sheets.Sævarsson. It was the first complete map of Iceland and, although generally dated to 1844, was not completed until 1848. It was published under the direction of Olaf Nikolas Olsen in Copenhagen. In 1849, a smaller edition on one sheet at a scale of 1:960,000 appeared. For his survey work, Björn received the Order of the Dannebrog in 1846 and the French Légion d'honneur in 1859.Þorvaldur Thoroddsen, p. 317. Life Björn was born at Tannstaðir, a remote farm on the Hrútafjörður in Húnavatnssýsla in north-western Iceland. Although the family was poor, they sent him to school to the local priests, who recognized his intellectual abilities. In 1808, Björn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born 6 March 1973) is an Icelandic football coach managing Víkingur in the Úrvalsdeild. He is a retired international player. During his career he enjoyed spells at Leicester City, Stoke City, Bolton Wanderers, IA Akranes, 1. FC Nürnberg, Feyenoord and Dundee United. Club career While at Leicester City he played a key role in their victorious 1999–2000 Football League Cup campaign. He made two appearances during the run, and both times came on as a substitute and scored in a penalty shootout; once against Leeds United and once against Fulham. He was not part of Leicester's squad for the 2000 League Cup Final at Wembley, however days after the final he was loaned out to Stoke where he had a second opportunity to play at the stadium; this time starting as Stoke won the 2000 Football League Trophy Final. International career As a young player, Arnar made several appearances for the Icelandic international youth teams. Arnar made his debut fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garðar Gunnlaugsson
Garðar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born 7 September 1983) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for ÍA Akranes in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He is the younger brother of Arnar Gunnlaugsson and Bjarki Gunnlaugsson. Club career Garðar was born in Akranes in western Iceland in 1983. He started his football career playing for his local team ÍA Akranes before moving to Valur in 2004. In 2007, he signed with Swedish club IFK Norrköping before moving, in August 2008, to Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia. He signed a three-year contract at Sofia, becoming the first Icelandic footballer to play in the Bulgarian A PFG when he made his debut in a match against PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad. On 18 January 2010, Garðar officially terminated his contract with CSKA Sofia before signing for Austrian side LASK Linz in February 2010, making his debut for LASK in April due to groin injuries. In July 2010 Garðar signed a 2-year contract with German side SpVgg Unterhaching, but left the club after one year, return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
Bjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born 3 March 1973 in Akranes) is a retired Icelandic professional footballer who last played for FH. Club career After a period in English football at Preston North End FC, Bjarki joined up with his twin brother Arnar and they played together at KR Reykjavík when they came back home. The played with the team for several years, then joined their childhood club, ÍA Akranes, in 2006. They became the managers of the club, when the team manager, Ólafur Þórðarson, left the club because of a horrible start in the division. The brothers saved the club from relegation, but the chairman of the club hired manager Guðjón Þórðarson to control the club. Then the brothers left ÍA Akranes to join the Icelandic champions, FH Hafnarfjörður. In July 2008, the brothers left FH amicably when Guðjón Þórðarson had been fired from ÍA, and again took the reins of their old club as player-managers. In June 2010, it was announced that Bjarki had j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (; born 12 March 1975) is an Icelandic politician who was the prime minister of Iceland from May 2013 until April 2016. He was also chairman of the Progressive Party from 2009 to October 2016. He was elected to the Althing (Iceland's parliament) as the 8th member for the Reykjavík North Constituency on 25 April 2009. He has represented the Northeast Constituency as its 1st member since 27 April 2013. Taking office at 38, he was the youngest Icelander to become prime minister. Following the release of the Panama Papers, he announced on 5 April 2016 that he would resign as prime minister amid public outrage at him for owning an offshore company to shelter money and not disclosing that when entering parliament. On 7 April 2016, he was replaced as prime minister by Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, who also replaced him as chairman of the Progressive Party on 2 October 2016. In 2017 he founded the Centre Party. Early life Sigmundur Davíð is the son o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson (born 29 May 1989 in Dalvík), transliterated/also known as Eythor Ingi, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and musician, known for solo material bands called Eldberg, Todmobile and Rock Paper Sisters, represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden with the song " Ég á líf" after winning Söngvakeppnin 2013. At age 15, he played in the Icelandic version of the musical "Oliver!", and in 2008 won the TV talent show "Bandið hans Bubba". after previously having won a song contest for high school students 2007, in which he sang the Deep Purple song "Perfect Strangers". His musical influences are Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and David Bowie. He is the founder of the band Eldberg. In 2010, joined reactivated band Todmobile with which released the album "7". In 2011, he was nominated for Gríman theatrical Awards for his role as Riff Raff in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and a year later appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (born 17 June 1948) is an Icelandic film director. He is the brother of mathematician Þorvaldur Gunnlaugsson and the lawyer Snædís Gunnlaugsdóttir and the actress Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir. He is mostly known for his series of Viking films, sometimes called "Cod Westerns". He was married to Edda Kristjánsdóttir and they have four children: Kristján born 1968 who is a poet and playwright, Tinna who is an actress, Sól who is an art designer and Örk who is an artist and was born in 1993. He won the award for Best Director at the 20th Guldbagge Awards for ''When the Raven Flies''. Filmography * '' Áramótaskaupið'' (1974 edition) * '' Óðal feðranna'' (1981) * ''Inter Nos'' ( is, Okkar á milli: Í hita og þunga dagsins) (1982) * '' Hrafninn flýgur'' (''When the Raven Flies'') (1984) * '' Middle Ages Now'' (''Bödeln och skökan'') (1986) * '' Í skugga hrafnsins'' (''In the Shadow of the Raven'') (1988) * '' Hvíti víkingurinn'' (''The White Viking' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnlaugur
Gunnlaugur is an Icelandic given name, originally from Old Norse Gunnlaugr . Notable people with the name include: * Gunnlaugur Jónsson (born 1974), Icelandic football manager * Gunnlaugur Scheving (1904–1972), Icelandic painter * Gunnlaugr Leifsson (died c. 1218), Icelandic scholar, author and poet * Gunnlaugr Ormstunga (c. 983–1008), Icelandic poet See also * Gunnlaugsson Gunnlaugsson is a surname of Icelandic origin, meaning ''son of Gunnlaugur''. In Icelandic names, the name is not strictly a surname, but a patronymic. People named Gunnlaugsson include: *Arnar Gunnlaugsson (born 1973), Icelandic professional fo ... {{given name Icelandic masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelanders
Icelanders ( is, Íslendingar) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nation who are native to the island country of Iceland and speak Icelandic. Icelanders established the country of Iceland in mid 930 AD when the Althing (Parliament) met for the first time. Iceland came under the reign of Norwegian, Swedish and Danish kings but regained full sovereignty and independence from the Danish monarchy on 1 December 1918, when the Kingdom of Iceland was established. On 17 June 1944, the monarchy was abolished and the Icelandic republic was founded. The language spoken is Icelandic, a North Germanic language, and Lutheranism is the predominant religion. Historical and DNA records indicate that around 60 to 80 percent of the male settlers were of Norse origin (primarily from Western Norway) and a similar percentage of the women were of Gaelic stock from Ireland and peripheral Scotland. History Iceland is a geologically young land mass, having formed an estimated 20 million years a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Name
Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland. Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world by being patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage. Iceland shares a common cultural heritage with the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Norway, and Sweden. Unlike other Nordics, Icelanders have continued to use their traditional name system, which was formerly used by all Nordic countries except Finland, whose indigenous people are Uralic speakers and thus distinct from the Germanic rest of Scandinavia. The Icelandic system is thus not based on family names (although some people do have family names and might use both systems). Generally, with few exceptions, a person's last name indicates the first name of their father (patronymic) or in some cases mother (matronymic) in the genitive, followed by ("son") or ("daughter"). Some fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, although their use has largely been replaced by or transformed into patronymic surnames. Examples of such transformations include common English surnames such as Johnson (son of John). Origins of terms The usual noun and adjective in English is ''patronymic'', but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside ''patronym''. The first part of the word ''patronym'' comes from Greek πατήρ ''patēr'' "father" (GEN πατρός ''patros'' whence the combining form πατρο- ''patro''-); the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα ''onyma'', a variant form of ὄνομα ''onoma'' "name". In the form ''patronymic'', this stands with the addition of the suffix -ικός (''-ikos''), which was originally used to form adjectives with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
