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Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir
Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir is an Icelandic director, actress and screenwriter. A veteran stage actor and director, she his also known for her appearances in the TV series '' Trapped'', ''The Minister'' and '' Blackport''. Personal life Unnur is married to actor Björn Thors. Together they have four children. Selected filmography *''Marteinn'' (2009) *''Réttur'' (2010) *''Fangar'' (2017) as Brynja *'' Trapped'' (2018–2019) as Elín *''The Minister ''The Minister'' () is a 2011 French-Belgian political drama film directed by Pierre Schöller. Plot French Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean arrives at the scene of a serious bus crash with many fatalities. He later attends a news inte ...'' (2020) as Katla *'' Blackport'' (2021) as Freydís References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stefansdottir, Unnur Osp 1976 births Living people Unnur Osp Stefansdottir Unnur Osp Stefansdottir Unnur Osp Stefansdottir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Thors
Björn Thors (born 12 January 1978) is an Icelandic actor. He is known for his role as Kenneth Máni in ''Fangavaktin'', Hugo Estevez in '' Sjáumst með Silvíu Nótt'' and Darri in '' Katla''. Personal life Björn is married to actress Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir. Selected filmography *'' Sjáumst með Silvíu Nótt'' (2005) *''Fangavaktin'' (2009) *'' The Deep'' (2012) *''Frost'' (2012) *''Pressa'' (2012) *''Paris of the North'' (2014) *''Fangar'' (2017) *'' Woman at War'' (2018) *'' The Valhalla Murders'' (2019-2020) *'' Katla'' (2021) as Darri *''A Letter from Helga ''A Letter from Helga'' () is a 2022 Icelandic film written and directed by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir. ''A Letter from Helga'' is a drama set in a remote fjord in 1940's Iceland, where a young farmer Bjarni begins an affair with his neighbo ...'' (2022) References External links * 1978 births Living people Bjorn Thors 20th-century Icelandic male actors Bjorn Thors 21st-century Icelandic ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland University Of The Arts
Iceland University of the Arts ( ) is an Icelandic institution of higher art education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland.Lisa Z. ValdimarsdottirIceland Academy of the Arts, Department of Design and Architecture - Library(pdf) The institution was founded on 21 September 1998 by consolidating the Iceland Drama School and the Reykjavík Arts School, and classes began in autumn 1999. Education Following the standards of the Bologna process, IUA offers bachelor's degree programmes (3 years, 180 ECTS credits, Bachelor of Fine Arts), and master's degree programmes (2 years, 120 ECTS credits, Master of Fine Arts). There are seven study programmes available at IUA: * Architecture Arts Education * Design * Film * Fine Art * Music * Performing Arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which involve the use of pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RÚV
Ríkisútvarpið (, ; abbr. RÚV ) is Iceland's national public broadcasting, public-service broadcasting organization. Founded in 1930, it operates from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country. RÚV operates an Online newspaper, online news service, which is the fourth most visited website in Iceland. In 2016, 88% of Icelanders consumed RÚV content every week. The service broadcasts an assortment of general programming to a wide national audience via two broadcast radio stations: Rás 1 and Rás 2; and one full-time RÚV (TV channel), television channel of the same name, RÚV. A supplementary, part-time TV channel, RÚV 2 is also broadcast for special events. It also distributes online-only channels and content for children and the elderly. RÚV is funded by a flat Earmark (politics), earmarked government tax collected from every income tax payer, as well as from on-air Television advertisement, advertising. All of RÚV's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fréttablaðið
''Fréttablaðið'' () was a free Icelandic newspaper. It was distributed five days per week. At its peak, it was the most read newspaper in Iceland. History and profile ''Fréttablaðið'' was established in 2001. It was originally owned primarily by the media group '' 365''. The paper was published six days per week, Monday — Saturday until September 2003, when its frequency was switched to daily. As of 2019, it was published six days per week again, and as of 2020, it was published five days per week. It is entirely funded by advertising. ''Fréttablaðið'' has been described as siding politically with the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) and for favouring Icelandic membership of the European Union. However, some of its editors have sided with the conservative Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), and its former editor-in-chief and regular columnist is Independence Party's former leader and Prime Minister Þorsteinn Pálsson. In the period of 2001–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trapped (Icelandic TV Series)
''Trapped'' () is an Icelandic language, Icelandic television mystery fiction, mystery drama series, created by Baltasar Kormákur and produced by RVK Studios. It was broadcast in Iceland on 27 December 2015 on RÚV (TV channel), RÚV. Co-written by Sigurjón Kjartansson and Clive Bradley (screenwriter), Clive Bradley, the first series of ten episodes follows Andri Ólafsson (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), the chief of police in a remote town in Iceland, solving the murder of a former townsman whose mutilated corpse is recovered by Fisherman, fishermen. The series was directed by Kormákur, Baldvin Z, Óskar Thor Axelsson and Börkur Sigthorsson. Golden Globe winner Jóhann Jóhannsson with Hildur Gudnadóttir and Rutger Hoedemaekers composed the music. Sigurjón Kjartansson acted as executive producer, alongside Kormákur and Magnus V. Sigurdsson as producers. ''DV (newspaper), Dagblaðið Vísir'' reported on 2 May 2015 that ''Trapped'' is the most expensive television series ever m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Minister (TV Series)
''The Minister'' () is an Icelandic television drama series developed by Sagafilm. It debuted as an eight-part series that follows populist Prime Minister Benedikt Ríkarðsson (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (born 3 March 1973) is an Icelandic and American actor, screenwriter, and producer, known for his roles in films such as ''Children'', '' The Deep'', '' The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'', and '' Eurovision Song Contest: ...) as his mental illness grows and his colleagues try to keep it a secret from the nation. In 2023 it was renewed for a second season. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Minister (TV series), The 2020s Icelandic television series Icelandic drama television series Icelandic-language television shows Television shows set in Iceland RÚV original programming Fiction about bipolar disorder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackport
''Blackport'' () is an Icelandic television drama miniseries, written by Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Mikael Torfason and produced by Vesturport in association with RÚV. The first episode of the eight part series premiered on the RÚV (TV channel) on 26 December 2021. Synopsis The series takes place from 1983 to 1991 and follows a married couple, Harpa and Grimur, who buy an old trawler with their childhood friends and build a small fishing empire in a village in the Westfjords of Iceland. All goes well until the Icelandic government starts enforcing new restrictive fishing quotas which turn their lives upside down and result in a feud of jealousy, greed and betrayal. Cast and characters * Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir as Harpa * Gísli Örn Garðarsson as Jón Hjaltalín * Björn Hlynur Haraldsson as Grímur * Guðjón Davíð Karlsson as Einar * Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir as Freydís * Anna Svava Knútsdóttir as Ella Stína * Kristín Þóra Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgunblaðið
''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic daily newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. It is currently the country's only daily printed newspaper and the newspaper of record. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's first president, Sveinn Björnsson. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a caricature by Sigmúnd Jóhannsson which featured the first landings on Surtsey. He became a permanent cartoonist for ''Morgunblaðið'' in 1975 and worked there until October 2008. In a controversial decision, the owners of the paper decided in September 2009 to appoint Davíð Oddsson, a member of the Independence Party, Iceland's longest-serving Prime Minister and former Governor of the Central Bank, as one of the two editors of the paper. In May 2010, Helgi Sigurðsson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vísir
''Vísir'' was an Icelandic newspaper founded in December 1910 by Einar Gunnarsson, originally only distributed in and around Reykjavík. In 1967, Jónas Kristjánsson (newspaper editor), Jónas Kristjánsson became its editor. In 1975, he left the paper after a conflict with the ownership group of on his editorial policy and founded Dagblaðið. On 26 November 1981, Vísir and Dagblaðið merged to form Dagblaðið Vísir. References 1910 establishments in Iceland Newspapers established in 1910 Daily newspapers published in Iceland Defunct newspapers published in Iceland Mass media in Reykjavík Publications disestablished in 1981 {{Iceland-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Births
Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. * January 27 ** The United States vetoes a United Nations resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state. ** The First Battle of Amgala (1976), First Battle of Amgala breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara. February * February 4 ** The 1976 Winter Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria. ** The 7.5 1976 Guatemala earthquake, Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured. * February 9 – The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
