Guðmundur Hjaltason Halldórsson Kjærnested (29 June 1923 – 2 September 2005) was an Icelandic commander in the

Icelandic Coast Guard The Icelandic Coast Guard (, or simply ) is the Icelandic defence service responsible for search and rescue, maritime safety and security surveillance, and law enforcement in the seas surrounding Iceland. The Coast Guard maintains the Iceland ...

and took part in all three Anglo-Icelandic

Cod War The Cod Wars ( is, Þorskastríðin; also known as , ; german: Kabeljaukriege) were a series of 20th-century confrontations between the United Kingdom (with aid from West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each o ...

Life

Born 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, on the southwest coast of t ...

, he is most famous for being the commander of and for his achievements while protecting disputed changes to Icelandic territorial waters from the Royal Navy and British trawlers during the Cod Wars. Guðmundur died on 2 September 2005. He is regarded as a national hero in Iceland.

Honours

* : Knight of the

Order of the Falcon The Order of the Falcon ( is, Hin íslenska fálkaorða) is the only order of chivalry in Iceland, founded by King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland on 3 July 1921. The award is awarded for merit for Iceland and humanity and has five degrees. N ...

(17 June 1976)Icelandic Presidency Website
Guðmundur Kjærnested * : Grand Knight (Commander) of the

(17 June 1984) * : Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog * : Knight of the Order of St. Olav

References

External links

Guðmundur Kjærnested obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kjaernested, Gudmundur 1923 births 2005 deaths Grand Knights of the Order of the Falcon Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog People from Hafnarfjörður