Einar Benediktsson

Einar Benediktsson was born on 31 October 1864 at Elliðavatn, the son of Benedikt Sveinsson, one of the leaders of the independence movement, and of Katrín Einarsdóttir. A graduate in law from Copenhagen in 1892, he founded the newspaper Dagskrá in 1896, which he edited until 1898, took part in 1902 in the founding of the Landvarnarflokkurinn and, in 1906, in that of the country's first wireless telegraphy station. From 1908 to 1921, he lived mainly in Norway, Edinburgh, Copenhagen and London, in search of capital. He spent his last eight years at Herdísarvík, died there in January 1940 and is buried at Þingvellir.

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• PoetryHafblikEinar Benediktsson · 1906not translated into EnglishLiterature