Jónas Hallgrímsson

Jónas Hallgrímsson (Known as "Jónas Hallgrímsson")

National Romantic Poet, Naturalist, Geologist, Co-founder of Fjölnir

Born 1807-11-16

Öxnadalur, Iceland

Passed Away 1845-05-26 Copenhagen, Denmark

Lifespan 37 years old

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"Beautiful is the hillside, so lush that never has it seemed to me so fair: white fields and cut hay."

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Beloved national romantic poet and naturalist of Iceland who revitalized the Icelandic language through the periodical Fjölnir, whose birthday (November 16) is celebrated as Icelandic Language Day.

Biographical Record

Jónas Hallgrímsson was born on November 16, 1807, at Hraun in Öxnadalur. Educated at the Bessastaðir Latin school and the University of Copenhagen, he studied natural sciences, geology, and law, conducting extensive geographical surveys across Iceland.

In 1835 in Copenhagen, Hallgrímsson and three friends founded the revolutionary annual periodical Fjölnir, spearheading the romantic revival of Icelandic national consciousness and literary purity. He coined hundreds of modern Icelandic neologisms to replace Danish loanwords and composed immortal lyric poems like 'Gunnarshólmi' and 'Ég bið að heilsa'. On November 16, Iceland celebrates his birthday annually as Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Day of the Icelandic Tongue).

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Final Resting Place

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Þingvellir National Cemetery
Þingvellir, Iceland

                         GPS: 64.2558, -21.1300                    

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