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Hraun in Öxnadal, birthplace of Jónas Hallgrímsson, 1807
Icelandic culture is based on the inspiration of the poets in the past.
Looking at the enviroment where Icelandic poets lived and died, what they saw that inspired there poems and lives.
©Thorvaldur Örn Kristmundsson
Möðruvellir in Hörgárdal, birthplace of Hannes Hafstein, 1861
Bessastaðir on Álftanesi, birthplace of Benedikt Sveinb. Gröndal, 1826
Efri Brú in Grímsnes, birthplace of Tómas Guðmundsson, 1901
Fagriskógur in Eyjafjörður, birthplace of Davíð Stefánsson, 1895
Möðruvellir in Hörgárdal, home of Bjarni Thorarensen, 1833-1841
Bóla in Blönduhlíð, Skagafirði. Home of Hjálmar Jónsson, 1833-1843
Bægisá in Öxnadal, home of Jón Thorláksson, 1788-1808
Eyvindarstaðir on Álftanesi, home of Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1835-1845
Brautarholt on Kjalarnesi, birthplace of Bjarni Thorarensen, 1786
Bessastaðir on Álftanes, home of Grimur Thomsen, 1820