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Pétur Þorsteinsson
Pétur Þorsteinsson (born May 5, 1955 in Borgarfjörður) is an Icelandic neologist, youth-leader and vicar of the ''Óháði Söfnuðurinn'' or Independent Parish, a Lutheranism, Lutheran church. He published the ''Pétrísk-Íslensk Orðabók'' (Petrish-Icelandic dictionary), a list of self-made neologisms that has received much attention in Iceland. In 2004 he became president of the High Icelandic Language Movement (Háfrónska málhreyfingin), a movement that endeavours to build a variant of Icelandic that is free of loan-words. He lives in Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po .... References External links Independent Parish Petur Thorsteinsson Petur Thorsteinsson Living people 1955 births Petur Thorsteinsson Petur Thorsteinsson Neologists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Pétur () or Petur is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Petur Alberg (1885–1940), Faroese violin player and songwriter from Tórshavn * Pétur Blöndal (1944–2015), Icelandic congressman in the Icelandic Independence Party * Pétur Eyþórsson (born 1978), glima champion, having won the glima grettisbelt multiple times * Petur Gabrovski (1898–1947), Bulgarian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister during the Second World War * Pétur Guðmundsson (athlete) (born 1962), retired male shot putter from Iceland * Pétur Guðmundsson (basketball) (born 1958), retired Icelandic professional basketball player * Pétur Gunnarsson (born 1947), Icelandic writer from Reykjavík * Petur Hliddal (born 1945), American sound engineer * Pétur Marteinsson (born 1973), retired Icelandic football player * Pétur Ormslev (born 1958), retired football midfielder * Pétur Pétursson (born 1959), retired Icelandic footballer who was active as a forward * Pétur Péturss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |