Bjarni Sívertsen (baptised Bjarni Sigurðsson) (or Bjarni knight) (1763-1833) was an Icelandic

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based in

Hafnarfjörður Hafnarfjörður, officially Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, is a port town and municipality in Iceland, located about south of Reykjavík. The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas in the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital Region, on the s ...

and a pioneer in trade and fishing in Iceland. He has been called the father of Hafnarfjörður. Sívertsen had a house built 1803-1805, which is now part of the Hafnarfjörður Heritage Museum. He received the distinction of

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from the

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. Bjarni died in

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in July 1833, in an unmarked grave.

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{{Reflist 1833 deaths 1763 births Icelandic businesspeople Order of the Dannebrog