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The Poets

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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

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Möðruvellir in Hörgárdal, birthplace of Hannes Hafstein, 1861
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Bessastaðir on Álftanesi, birthplace of Benedikt Sveinb. Gröndal, 1826
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Efri Brú in Grímsnes, birthplace of Tómas Guðmundsson, 1901
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Fagriskógur in Eyjafjörður, birthplace of Davíð Stefánsson, 1895
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Möðruvellir in Hörgárdal, home of Bjarni Thorarensen, 1833-1841
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Bóla in Blönduhlíð, Skagafirði. Home of Hjálmar Jónsson, 1833-1843
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Bægisá in Öxnadal, home of Jón Thorláksson, 1788-1808
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Eyvindarstaðir on Álftanesi, home of Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1835-1845
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Brautarholt on Kjalarnesi, birthplace of Bjarni Thorarensen, 1786
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Bessastaðir on Álftanes, home of Grimur Thomsen, 1820
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