Ólafur Thorlacius (1762-1815) was an Icelandic

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based in

Bíldudalur Bíldudalur () is a village situated on the coast of Arnarfjörður, one of the Westfjords in Iceland. It is situated in the Vesturbyggð municipality and has 238 inhabitants (as of January 2021). The village prospered in the 19th century than ...

. Thorlacius was from Hlíðarhús in

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, the son of Þórður Sighvatsson and Ingiríður Ólafsdóttir Thorlacius. He received the distinction of

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from the

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1762 births 1815 deaths Icelandic businesspeople Order of the Dannebrog {{Iceland-bio-stub