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Þorsteinn Pálsson


Þorsteinn Pálsson (pronounced ; born 29 October 1947) is a former Prime Minister of Iceland for the Independence Party. He served from 8 July 1987 to 28 September 1988. Þorsteinn led the Independence Party from 1983 to 1991, when he lost an inner partial election to then vice-chairman of the party and mayor of Reykjavík, Davíð Oddsson. Prior to his period as Prime Minister, Þorsteinn was Minister of Finance from 1985 to 1987. He represented South Iceland in the Althing (Iceland's Parliament) from 1983 to 1999
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Davíð Oddsson


opposition in the Municipal Council. In 1983, Davíð Oddsson's old friend and ally, Þorsteinn Pálsson, was elected leader of the Independence Party, and in 1989 Davíð was elected deputy leader or Vice-Chairman of the party. After Þorsteinn resigned as Prime Minister in 1988, after falling out with the leaders of his two coalition parties, there was a widespread feeling in the party that its leadership should be changed, and pressure was put on Davíð to run against Þorsteinn, which he did in 1991, becoming leader of
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Fréttablaðið


has been accused of siding politically with the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) and for favouring Icelandic membership of the European Union. However, many of its editors have had ties with its main political opponent the conservative Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) and its former editor-in-chief and regular columnist is its former leader and Prime Minister Þorsteinn Pálsson. In the period of 2001-2002 the paper had a circulation of 70,000. In 2017, 365 Miðlar sold most of its assets to Fjarskipti ehf, the parent company of Vodafone
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Davíð Oddsson


Davíð Oddsson was a member of a group of young conservative-libertarians within the Independence Party who felt that the party should more strongly support attempts to extend economic freedom in the heavily regulated Icelandic economy. The group included Þorsteinn Pálsson, Geir H. Haarde, Jón Steinar Gunnlaugsson, Kjartan Gunnarsson, Magnús Gunnarsson, Brynjólfur Bjarnason and Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson, and they published the magazine "Eimreiðin" from 1972 to 1975; they also followed with interest what was happening in the United Kingdom under Margaret Thatcher and in the United States under Ronald
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First cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson


The First cabinet of Steingrímur Hermannsson in Iceland was formed 26 May 1983. Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson replaced Sverrir Hermannsson as Minister of Industry. Matthías Bjarnason replaced Matthías Árni Mathiesen as Minister of Commerce. Ragnhildur Helgadóttir replaced Matthías Bjarnason as Minister of Health and Social Security. Sverrir Hermannsson replaced Ragnhildur Helgadóttir as Minister of Education, Science and Culture. Þorsteinn Pálsson replaced Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson as Minister of Finance and Matthías Árni Mathiesen as Minister of Statistics Iceland. Matthías Árni Mathiesen replaced Geir Hallgrímsson as Minister for Foreign Affairs. Þorsteinn Pálsson replaced Albert Sigurður
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Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík


educated at the school apart from Halldór Ásgrímsson, Ólafur Jóhannesson, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Þorsteinn Pálsson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir. Geir H. Haarde, Davíð's successor as chairman of the Independence Party and former Prime Minister, also took over from him as chairman of student body, Skólafélagið ("inspector scholae"). In 1879 Hannes Hafstein was the school's first inspector scholar, and in 1940 his grandson Einar Ragnarsson Kvaran achieved the position. The former President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, was also the president of the main
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Whaling in Iceland


Iceland threatened to leave the IWC after its request to take 92 fin and 158 minke whales was denied as premature. Fisheries Minister Þorsteinn Pálsson claimed the IWC had abandoned all interest in exploiting whales giving Iceland the right to withdraw. Iceland left the International Whaling Commission in 1992. Outside of the IWC, Iceland could not simply restart its whaling industry. Past resolutions required IWC nations, including Japan, to refrain from trade in whale products and whaling equipment with non-members. In 2001, Iceland made its first attempt to rejoin
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American Left


parties. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a political party that formed after a 1995 ideological rupture with Workers World Party over the issue of their support of the Fidel Castro government in Cuba, The SEP are composed of Trotskyists and are affiliated with the World Socialist Web Site. With fewer than one thousand members in 1996, the Socialist Worker's Party (SWP) was the second largest Marxist–Leninist party in the United States. Formed by supporters of Leon Trotsky, they believed that the Soviet Union and other Communist
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Partus Press


Partus Press is an independent publisher based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Partus Press publishes fiction, short-stories, and poetry. Partus has published the first books of poetry by authors such as Soffía Bjarnadóttir, Björk Þorgrímsdóttir, Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, Kári Tulinius, Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir, and Arngunnur Árnadóttir, among others. Partus has also published the poetry of Elías Knörr (Elías Portela), Hallgrímur Helgason, Anton Helgi Jónsson, Sigurður Pálsson, Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir, Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, Þorsteinn frá Hamri, Hermann Stefánsson, Kristín Ómarsdóttir,
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Irreligion in Iceland


With the publication of "Verðandi" in 1882, literary realism started making inroads into Icelandic culture. Realist writers like Gestur Pálsson, Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran and Þorsteinn Erlingsson criticized church authorities, blind religious fervour and Christian hypocrisy. The poet Stephan G. Stephansson went furthest in explicitly declaring himself an atheist. Socialist writers of the early 20th century continued criticism in a similar vein. In 1924, Þórbergur Þórðarson published "Bréf til Láru" ("A Letter to Laura"). Among other provocative content, the book contained an attack
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Naresh Balyan


Naresh Balyan () is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi in India. He represents the Uttam Nagar constituency of New Delhi and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. Naresh Balyan was born in Delhi. He attended the Haryana Shakti Senior Secondary School and attained ninth grade degree. Naresh Balyan has been a MLA for one term. He represented the Uttam Nagar constituency and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. On 21 Sep 2015, Balyan complained to police
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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in Australia. The SEP was established in 2010 as the successor party to the Socialist Labour League, which was founded in 1972 as the Australian section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). According to its 2019 election statement, the party opposes identity politics and the Me Too movement. The party also criticises contemporary trade unions, having adopted the position that "They are no longer workers’ organisations." Inspired by the British Socialist Labour League
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Þorsteinn Víglundsson


Þorsteinn Víglundsson (born 22 November 1969) is an Icelandic politician who currently serves as Member of Parliament for the Reform Party ("Viðreisn") in the Althing. He served as Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Equality in 2017, and under his leadership, a bill of law (amendments to the Gender Equality Act No. 10/2008) was passed by the Icelandic Parliament (Althingi) with a vast majority on 1 June 2017 and came into force on 1 January 2018. Companies and institutions employing 25 or more workers
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Last voyage of the Karluk


The expedition's historian S.E. Jenness (son of Diamond Jenness) rejects this view, pointing out that Stefansson and the hunting party members had left valuable property aboard "Karluk"; a possible motive for the trip, Jenness surmises, was to train the younger staff. The anthropologist Gísli Pálsson, writing of the expedition, asserts that while the anger of Bartlett and the crew is understandable, there is no evidence that Stefansson deliberately abandoned the men. It is arguable, Pálsson says, that Stefansson acted responsibly in attempting to secure
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Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson


Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson (also written Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson; April 5, 1880 – February 22, 1979) was an Icelandic economist, director of the Icelandic Bureau of Statistics, and also one of the first authorities on Esperanto in Iceland, author of the first Icelandic textbook on Esperanto. Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson was born at Brú in Biskupstungur, in Árnessýsla, the youngest of six children. The poet Tómas Guðmundsson was a cousin. He graduated in 1902 from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, then earned a Candid. Polit. degree in economics from the University
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Socialist Equality Party (United States)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States, one of several Socialist Equality parties around the world affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The ICFI publishes daily news articles, perspectives and commentaries on the World Socialist Web Site and maintains Mehring Books as publishing house. The SEP was formed in 1995 by the Workers League, the US supporters of the ICFI. The Workers League had been founded in 1966 by the American Committee for the Fourth International (ACFI)
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David North (socialist)


David North (born 1950) is an American Marxist theoretician. He is the national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States (SEP), formerly the Workers League. He served as the national secretary of the SEP until the party's congress in 2008. North was the principal political and theoretical leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International during the organization's split with the Workers Revolutionary Party in Britain. North is also the chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, the voice
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2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests


to the protests." Eva Heiða Önnudóttir studied the demography of the protesters to see whether participants in the Austurvollur protests came from groups with greater histories of political participation and greater access to political resources than non-participants, but found that this was not a determining factor: rather, participants were simply more likely to have a direct personal incentive to protest. Writing in the wake of the 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, which returned to power the parties most closely associated with Iceland's banking boom, Gísli Pálsson and E. Paul Durrenberger
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


to the UK Conservative Party. This prompts mixed reactions from senior party figures. 4 Sep – Ruth Davidson formally announces that she will stand in the contest. 5 Sep – Murdo Fraser launches his campaign in Edinburgh. 8 Sep – Ruth Davidson launches her campaign in Edinburgh. 11 Sep – Lord Forsyth, at one point a suggested leadership candidate, declares his backing for Ruth Davidson. 23 Sep – Nominations for leadership close. Margaret Mitchell confirms she will stand in the election. 2 Oct – David Mundell MP declares his backing
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Þorsteinn Gylfason


of whom were published by the Icelandic Literature Society, for which he served as a series chief editor for almost two decades. Þorsteinn's philosophical work was mostly in the philosophy of language and mind and political philosophy. His method and style of philosophy was very much rooted in the analytic tradition, through influence from men such as W.V.O. Quine and Gilbert Ryle. He also found inspiration in the continental philosophers, especially from existentialism in the style of Søren Kierkegaard and Martin Heidegger, whose works he translated into Icelandic. Later on,
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Þorsteinn Gylfason


Þorsteinn Gylfason (12 August 1942 – 16 August 2005) was an Icelandic philosopher, translator, musician and poet. Þorsteinn distinguished himself in Icelandic public life with his writings in newspapers, journals and publications. Þorsteinn was born and raised in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. His parents were Guðrún Vilmundardóttir and Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason, a university professor and government minister. He was the brother of Vilmundur Gylfason, a politician, and Þorvaldur Gylfason, an economist. Þorsteinn graduated from the Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík gymnasium in 1961 and subsequently received
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Ágúst Pálsson


Ágúst Pálsson (3 October 1893 - 25 November 1967) was an Icelandic architect. His notable works include Neskirkja (built 1952-1957), which is often considered the first modern church in Iceland. His design caused controversy. Jónas Jónsson frá Hriflu, one of Iceland's most influential political figures, used the design of the church as a key example as to why modern architecture had no place in Iceland, and why the more traditional and Icelandic nationalist style of Guðjón Samúelsson was superior. The Neskirkja Planning Committee sought out
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Mamadou Kamara Dékamo


Director-General of SEP Development from 1984 to 1992. He became a member of the Political Bureau of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in 1992, and he was elected to the National Assembly as a PCT candidate from the Poto-Poto section of Brazzaville in the 1992 parliamentary election. On 25 December 1992, he was appointed as Minister of Communication, Posts, and Telecommunications, as well as Government Spokesman, in the power-sharing government of Prime Minister Claude Antoine Dacosta, which was to serve until a new
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Jerry White (socialist)


Jerome "Jerry" White (born 1959) is an American politician and journalist, and is the Labor Editor reporting for the World Socialist Web Site. He is a member of the Socialist Equality Party of the United States, and was a member of its predecessor the Workers League, joining the movement in 1979. White ran as the SEP candidate for United States President in 1996 and 2008, and again in 2012 with running mate Phyllis Scherrer. White was again the SEP presidential nominee in the 2016 election. Jarome White was
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Gardarike runestones


. Latin transliteration: Old Norse transcription: English translation: This is not properly a runestone but a runic inscription in style Pr4 that has been carved into flat bedrock at Veda. It is dated to the mid-11th century. It was ordered by Þorsteinn who enriched himself in Kievan Rus' in memory of his son. Omeljan Pritsak identifies this Þorsteinn with Þorsteinn, the former commander of a retinue, who is commemorated on the Turinge Runestone. He suggests that Þorsteinn was the commander of the retinue of Yaroslav the Wise and that his
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Þorsteinn Hallgrímsson


the 1967–68 season, with the club in first place, and rejoined ÍR. Þorsteinn was named the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year in 1971. After the season he moved back to Denmark and rejoined SISU, winning the Danish championship in 1972 and 1973. Þorsteinn retired after winning the 1977 Icelandic championship with ÍR, but later appeared in three games during the 1979-1980 season before quitting for good. Þorsteinn, at the age of 16, played in the Iceland's first official national team game, against Denmark. Overall
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Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar


Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar (The Dream of Þorsteinn Son of Síðu-Hallr) is a very short "þáttr" which tells how Þorsteinn was visited in dreams by three women who warned him that he would soon be murdered. It was written at the end of the 13th century. As Þorsteinn was sleeping, three women appeared to him. They warned him that his slave Gilli was willing to avenge for he had been castrated on Þorsteinn’s orders. They advised him to kill him but the slave was nowhere to be
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Thor Fridriksson


Þorsteinn Baldur Friðriksson (born 1979), commonly anglicised as Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic businessman. He was the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Plain Vanilla Games, a Reykjavík-based video game developer, until its defunction in August 2016. Þorsteinn is a native Icelander. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Oxford in 2009. Þorsteinn was working with the broadband-ISP startup Hive until it was purchased by Vodafone in 2007. Deciding to explore a different industry, Þorsteinn became
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Þorsteinn Hallgrímsson


Þorsteinn Hallgrímsson (born July 25, 1942) is an Icelandic former basketball player. Nicknamed Doddi, he won the Icelandic championship nine times and the Danish championship four times during his career. Þorsteinn played his first game in 1959 with ÍR. He was a key player in the ÍR team that won the Icelandic championship for five straight seasons, from 1960 to 1964. In 1965, Þorsteinn joined SISU BK in the Danish Basketball League and helped the club to the national championship in 1966 and 1967. He left SISU midway through
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Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson (footballer)


Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson (born 1964) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the Iceland national football team between 1982 and 1988. Þorsteinn was a defender for Fram until 1990, playing in several national championship matches, after which he played for Víkingur in 1991–1992. Internationally, Þorsteinn played seven matches for the Iceland national under-17 football team in 1979, six for the national under-19s in 1980, five for the under-21s in 1982–1985, and nine for the Iceland national football team in 1982–1988. In 1987
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Kolbeinn Pálsson


Kolbeinn Hermann Pálsson (born 26 November 1945) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national team. In 1966 he became the first basketball player to be named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year. He served as the chairman of the Icelandic Basketball Association from 1988 to 1996. Kolbeinn started playing basketball at the age of 14. During his youth he was an avid Handball player and played with KR in the Icelandic top-tier handball league during the 1962–1963 before focusing fully on basketball. Kolbeinn spent
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Scottish Democratic Alliance


The Scottish Democratic Alliance (SDA) is a political organisation formed in 2009 as the successor to the Scottish Enterprise Party (SEP). It supports Scottish independence and withdrawal from the European Union. Although it evolved from a political party, the SDA spent some time operating as a think tank on current affairs in Scotland. It stood its first candidate for election in the 2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election, coming last with 35 votes (0.1%). The SDA favours a low-tax Scotland independent of both the EU
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Ásatrúarfélagið


time noting that the battle for legalization of abortion could be "traced to international movements opposed to the Nordic nations and in particular to the Nordic race". A few days later, Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson stated that this latter press release did not have its origins in any legal meeting of Ásatrúarfélagið and only represented the private opinions of its author. In the following years, Ásatrúarfélagið mostly did not involve itself in political questions, though individual members did. Having been unable to advance his racial ideology within Ásatrúarfélagið, Þorsteinn Guðjónsson in 1982 founded
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Scottish Democratic Alliance


Norway to promote tourism. The Scottish Enterprise Party was a centre-right political party in Scotland which supported Scottish independence and withdrawal from the European Union. It was formed in July 2004 to provide an alternative to the largely social democratic Scottish National Party for centre-right voters who support independence. The party opposed Scottish membership of the European Union and any prospective membership of the euro; it supported the principle of a constitutional monarchy and elections conducted through the Single Transferable Vote. The SEP backed the constitutional view that parliamentary sovereignty does
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Kumlbúa þáttr


Kumlbúa þáttr (the tale of the cairn-dweller) is a short medieval Icelandic tale (þáttr) set at the end of the twelfth century or the beginning of the thirteenth. It tells the story of Þorsteinn Þorvarðsson who stumbles upon a burial cairn and takes a sword from it. After he returns home he goes to bed and is visited in a dream by the cairn-dweller. The man, who wields a huge pole-axe, demands the return of the sword and threatens Þorsteinn. Þorsteinn's wife wakes
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Tony Jonsson


and Þorsteinn aspired to join the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a child, he was told by the British legation in Iceland that he was ineligible on account of his nationality. However, he took passage to England by trawler and enlisted at Padgate in 1940. As a sergeant pilot, Þorsteinn flew hurricanes with No. 17 Squadron at Elgin; he then served in No. 111 Squadron, flying Spitfires first at North Weald and later in North Africa in connection with Operation Torch, during which Þorsteinn was awarded the Distinguished
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Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson


and was a founder and first president of the Icelandic Association of Economists (Félag hagfræðinga). Þorsteinn was married to Guðrún Geirsdóttir, daughter of Geir T. Zoëga, the rector of Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík; she died in 1955. They had five children. He died in Reykjavík. Þorsteinn learned Esperanto in 1899, and soon after started to publish articles making the case for Esperanto. He wrote the first Icelandic textbook of Esperanto, a translation of the book by Théophile Cart; it appeared in 1909 and was republished in 1927.
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Þorsteinn M. Jónsson


businesses on the island owned by external figures. Þorsteinn earned a BA degree in Economics (Cand. Oecon) from the University of Iceland and in 1991 an MA in Economics from Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois. Þorsteinn worked as an economist for the Central Bank of Iceland for four years, followed by two years as Chief Economist for the Federation of Icelandic Industries. In 1996, he was appointed CEO of Vífilfell hf. and in 2001 he led a buy-out of the business and currently holds a majority stake. He
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Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson


University of Iceland, Þorsteinn Gylfason, had a public feud in the newspapers where Þorsteinn called Hannes "a sheep in sheep's clothing", and Hannes responded by praising Þorsteinn as one of the "oldest and most promising philosophers in Iceland". In early 1984, Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson had a heated exchange with Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, then acting editor of the Socialist newspaper "Þjóðviljinn". Ólafur Ragnar had quoted articles in "The Guardian" in England to the effect that Milton Friedman, the "guru of the Icelandic libertarians
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Gardarike runestones


century. Omeljan Pritsak identifies this Þorsteinn with Þorsteinn of the Veda inscription, who bought an estate for his son with money earned in Kievan Rus'. He suggests that Þorsteinn was the commander of the retinue of Yaroslav I the Wise and that his son Erinmundr may have died in Kievan Rus' while serving under his father. Latin transliteration: Old Norse transcription: English translation: This runestone was discovered in 1932 in the ruins of the church of Stora Rytterne. It forms a monument together with image stone Vs 2, and
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Hermann Pálsson


Hermann Pálsson (26 May 1921 – 11 August 2002) was an Icelandic language scholar and translator, "one of the most distinguished scholars of Icelandic studies of his generation". Often working in collaboration with others such as Magnus Magnusson or Paul Edwards, he translated around 40 works of medieval Icelandic literature. Hermann Pálsson was born at Sauðanes á Ásum, a farm near Blönduós and the Húnafjördur in the north of Iceland in 1921. Though he was the sixth of 12 children, and the family was not rich, he managed
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Þorsteinn Gylfason


of Iceland from 1971, and was made full professor in 1989. He was visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the London School of Economics. Þorsteinn received a number of awards and acknowledgements for his works, amongst them the Þórbergur Þórðarson and National Icelandic Literature Prizes in 1997. In 1994, he was awarded the Knights Cross of the Icelandic Falcon by Icelandic president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir for his contributions to Icelandic culture and academia. Þorsteinn wrote 12 books on philosophy and philology, including "An Essay on Man" (1970
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Kumlbúa þáttr


him to ask why he is sleeping so poorly but he does not tell her and goes back to sleep at once. The cairn-dweller reappears and declaims a threatening verse. However, Þorsteinn retorts with a more technically proficient verse which 'caps' that of the cairn-dweller who then leaves Þorsteinn. The following day Þorsteinn goes to look for the cairn but cannot find it. He returns home and tells his wife and other people the story. The text survives in fragmentary form in AM 564a 4to ("
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Þorsteinn Bachmann


Þorsteinn Bachmann (born 25 October 1965) is an Icelandic actor. He is known for his role as Móri in "Life in a Fishbowl". In 2015 he won an Edda Award for that same role. Þorsteinn grew up in the Fossvogur area of Reykjavík, Iceland before moving to Breiðholt when he was 10 years old. He did not do well in school in the early years. Looking back he remembers, that he was barely able to read or write before changing schools from Fossvogur to the one in Breiðholt.
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Þorsteinn Bachmann


Þorsteinn graduated from the Icelandic Drama School in 1991. Since graduation he has worked with theatre groups in Reykjavík and Akureyri and was president of the latter for a few years. He has held many acting courses, and has served as a teacher at both the Icelandic Drama School and the Icelandic Film School. In 2013 he worked with the National Theatre of Iceland. Before every premiere Þorsteinn goes to the gym, goes swimming and finishes off with a sauna. "This is something I've always done and goes with every film
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Ágúst Pálsson


the view of renowned Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen to assess the architectural style of the building; Saarinen praised the design. In 1997, several architects and experts on architecture placed Neskirkja on their list of the ten most beautiful buildings in Iceland. Pálsson designed Gljúfrasteinn, the home of Halldór Kiljan Laxness who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955. The building is rare for being in the functionalist style while also being situated out in the nature. Pálsson also designed two lighthouses, both built in 1946: Stokksnesviti just east of
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


MSP and Liz Smith MSP endorse Murdo Fraser. 30 Aug – Liz Smith is declared as Murdo Fraser's campaign manager. 1 Sep – Gavin Brown, formerly speculated as standing in the election, states that he will not run and lends his backing to Murdo Fraser. 2 Sep – Jackson Carlaw officially launches his leadership campaign in Glasgow. 4 Sep – Murdo Fraser makes the high-profile announcement that if elected leader, he would disband the Scottish Conservatives and seek to create a new centre-right party, autonomous but allied
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Progressive Party (Iceland)


, People's Alliance and Social Democratic Party after two months of coalition negotiations. The snap 1979 parliamentary election caused by the withdrawal of the Social Democrats from government led to a new government being formed in February 1980 by the Independence Party of Prime Minister Gunnar Thoroddsen, Progressive Party and People's Alliance. The 1983 parliamentary election resulted in Progressive Party leader Steingrímur Hermannsson becoming Prime Minister in coalition with the Independence Party. The 1987 parliamentary election in May saw a coalition being formed in July of that year led by Thorsteinn Pálsson of the
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Society of Experimental Psychologists


conduct plenary sessions in which members can present papers. It holds meetings every spring, scheduled by a member at the host university who serves as the chair of the SEP for that year. The meetings are open to all members and to students and faculty from the host university who are invited by the chair. Membership in the SEP is by invitation only and is considered to be a great honor because it represents significant accomplishment in the field of experimental psychology. The SEP currently admits at least 6 new members annually from among the
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Tony Jonsson


in 1994. After the war, Þorsteinn flew Douglas DC-3s on some of Iceland's very first domestic flights, applying his skills to Iceland's difficult weather conditions and nascent infrastructure, before flying international routes for both Icelandair and Loftleiðir. Seeking more adventurous work, Þorsteinn moved to Kinshasha (then Leopoldville) in the Belgian Congo from 1956 to 1960, flying for Sabena and working, "inter alia", as Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba's personal pilot. After a period flying ice patrols over the east Greenland coast, Þorsteinn delivered
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Tony Jonsson


hundreds of tonnes of relief shipments for Nordchurchaid from São Tome to Uli in Biafra in the Nigerian Civil War as part of the Biafran airlift. Þorsteinn flew 413 of his missions at night, landing on a road lit by rudimentary lighting, switched on only shortly before landing. Towards the end of his career Þorsteinn flew jumbo jets for Cargolux. On retirement after 47 years as a pilot, Þorsteinn had logged 36,000 hours. He charted his postwar career in Icelandic civil aviation in "Lucky, no 13: The Eventful Life of
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Þorsteinn Erlingsson


Þorsteinn Erlingsson (1858–1914) was an Icelandic poet. He graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1883 and went to Copenhagen to study law. He never finished law school but during his time in Copenhagen his poems became known in Iceland. He returned to his home country in 1895 and died of pneumonia in Reykjavík in 1914. Þorsteinn was an atheist and a socialist. While much of his poetry attacked the ruling classes and the church he also composed popular ditties and poems on nature reminiscent of romanticism. Sometimes, as in his poem
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Fathers' rights movement by country


"Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)" is currently registered as a political party with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Fathers' rights groups in Australia have condemned the actions of a militant men's group that engaged in criminal activities, including stalking and harassment. Since Sep 2006 the Belgian federal law on "co-parenté" came into effect. It introduced a presumption of dual location or shared residency which by law should be taken into serious consideration and thorough investigation with priority in each individual case by
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Vundavalli Aruna Kumar


be heard. Vexed with the political scenario in the Indian Parliament, 2014, during the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh State in which his party Indian National Congress did not listen to his concern about the future of the state and moreover the absence of Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (died in Sep, 2009) in his life let him to step down from election politics forever. After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state the government at central was charges with BJP and at state it was taken over by TDP. Both TDP and BJP
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Giles Dilnot


the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), accused Dilnot of issuing "politically slanderous" commentary during a live interview claiming his comment "crossed accepted journalistic boundaries", a complaint that was later rejected. While interviewing Marsden for BBC 2’s "Daily Politics" on 21 May 2014 during the campaign for the European election, Dilnot, referring to Marsden's claim that existing news media would be removed in a revolution, said "Please tell me I am not first up against the wall when it comes." According to Marsden
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Parvesh Verma


Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma (born 7 November 1977) is an Indian politician and a Member of parliament from West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In May, 2014 he was elected to 16th Lok Sabha, and he was reelected in 2019. Since 1 Sep, 2014 onwards he is Member of the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament and Member of the Standing Committee on Urban Development. He is a son of senior BJP politician and former Chief
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Hrvoje Sep


Hrvoje Sep (born 26 February 1986) is a Croatian professional boxer. He was boxing for BK Leonardo under Leonardo Pjetraj. Sep was 6 times champion of Croatia (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016), two times runner-up (2012, 2015). He was also WSB Season I Champion (As member of Paris United team) and two times (Season III and season V) as member of Astana Arlans team, with a 22-8 record. He competed in the light
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William H. Warner


26 Sep 1849, Warner's party was ambushed by Indians, just south of the Oregon–California border. Reports from the survivors of the attack said that Warner was killed in the initial assault, stuck by numerous arrows. The expedition's guide, Francois Bercier, was also killed and two other members of the party were wounded. The exact site of the attack is uncertain; however, Lieutenant Williamson's map places the location of the attack about south of the Oregon border near Eighteenmile Creek. In 1850, an army
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Chevella


in Chevella Town Chevella Municipality is the civil body of the town on 05 sep 2018 the gram panchayats of Chevella, Pamena, Devuni yerravally, Damargidda, Kesaram, Kandawada, Ibrahimpally and Mallareddy guda were merged to from Chevella Municipality. Chevella gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. The panchayat is divided into wards and each ward is represented by an elected ward member. The ward members are headed by a Sarpanch. Chevella was in political limelight when it was represented by Late P.Indra Reddy and after his demise
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David North (socialist)


of the ICFI. He is also an author of several books and articles on the history of the Socialist movement. He delivers lectures in politics and the history of Marxism. Born in 1950, North studied history in Connecticut, and became politicized by leftwing movements in the United States in 1968. He stated that he was influenced by the Vietnam War, but also by the historical experiences of World War II, fascism and The Holocaust. As an American Trotskyist, North is a longtime leader of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP
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Socialist Equality Party (UK)


the attempts to extradite Julian Assange. Robert Stevens spoke in defence of Assange, characterising the legal proceedings as "a manhunt". NHS Fightback was launched on 21 January 2013. The SEP held a series of meetings in October 2013 to oppose imperialist intervention in Syria and raise the danger of world war. The SEP ran candidates in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections and the 2007 Welsh Assembly elections, but failed to gain any seats. The party ran a candidate, Chris Talbot, in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election who
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Gunbarrel Road Construction Party


the formation of the GRCP. The first was from Mabel Creek station (west of Coober Pedy) to Emu Field (Feb-Mar 1953), the second was from Maralinga to Emu Field (Aug-Sep 1955). Bill Lloyd was then a member of his road building team. In November 1955 the first members of the GRCP, all hand-picked by Beadell, rendezvoused near Coober Pedy with their vehicles and equipment to start work. The convoy consisted of three trucks, two Land Rovers, a grader,
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Viorel Badea


National Liberal Party. In the legislature 2008-2012, Viorel Riceard Badea was a member of the Friendship Parliamentary Groups with the Italian Republic, the Republic of Iraq, the Republic of Serbia, Albania and the Kingdom of Spain. In his parliamentary activity, Viorel Riceard Badea was a member of the commission for foreign policy – Deputy Chairperson(until March 2011), Romanians Everywhere Committee - Chairperson and also, at the Committee for privatization and administration of state assets (Mar. - Sep. 2011). Viorel Riceard Badea also initiated 41 legislative
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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Namana Rambabu


Mamidikuduru mandal and later he was as Mandal level president in TDP at same mandal for a long time from 1985. As a result of sudden and premature death of Nagaram MLA, Sri Undru Krishna Rao, The Telugu Desam Party President Sri N.T.Rama Rao, the then Chief Minister of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh has got appointed him as Nagaram constituency TDP Incharge and thus he rendered the meritorious and outstanding services to the Party from 20thh Sep, 1986 to 19th Sep, 1999 and 12th Oct,2001 to 14 May 2004. Later, he worked as
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Gísli Pálsson


Gísli Pálsson (born 1949 Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland) is a professor of anthropology at the University of Iceland. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of several books, including "Writing on Ice: The Ethnographic Notebooks of V. Stefansson" (2001), "The Textual Life of Savants: Ethnography, Iceland, and the Linguistic Turn" (1995), and "Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives". He has published a biography of one of the first people of colour to live in Iceland,
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Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy


has a younger sister, Y. S. Sharmila, who is also a politician. Jaganmohan Reddy's father YS Rajasekhara Reddy popularly known as YSR, was a two-time Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009. Jaganmohan started his political career campaigning for Indian National Congress during the 2004 elections in Kadapa District. In 2009, Jaganmohan was elected as Member of Parliament from Kadapa constituency. Following the death of his father in Sep 2009, Jaganmohan started his earnest efforts to take up the political
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Kamarudin Jaffar


Nik Mat. To him, there is no room in UMNO to implement the political way of Islam. On Sep 11, 2015, Kamaruddin with Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib has left PAS and joined PKR. During the internal upheavals of PAS in 2015, he was seen closely with PAS split-off group Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB), which later formed the National Trust Party (AMANAH). Both figures say that their participation in PKR is aimed at strengthening the new coalition of the opposition and at the same time
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Thurstaston


village of a man called Thorsteinn/Þorsteinn", from the Old Norse personal name "Thorsteinn"/"Þorsteinn" and Old English "tún" "farm, village". A record of the name as "Torstestiune" in 1048 proves this origin. The village was mentioned in the "Domesday Book" as "Turstanetone". Historically and popularly, the name was wrongly thought to refer to "Thor's Stone", a sandstone outcrop on Thurstaston Common. A Viking settlement called Straumby once existed in Tinker's Dale, near the
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Olaf the White


saga"). The Irish sources name Olaf's wife only as the daughter of a "King Aedh". Olaf and Auðr had a son, Thorstein the Red ("Þorsteinn rauðr"), who attempted to conquer Scotland in the 870s. At some point Olaf had a falling-out with the clan of Ketil and sent Auðr and their son back to her father's house. According to "Landnámabók", Olaf and Þorsteinn rauðr were both killed in the British Isles. Thorstein the Red was married to Þuriðr
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Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson


the University of Iceland on its 35th anniversary in 1946, became a fellow of the in 1919 and was an honorary fellow of the Icelandic Association of Economists, the Icelandic Literary Society, and the revived Icelandic Esperanto Association. In his position as director of the Bureau of Statistics, Þorsteinn edited and wrote or co-wrote many publications, including a monthly bulletin, a multi-volume list of the names in the 1703 census, and the handbook of Iceland published four times between 1926 and 1946 under the auspices of Landsbanki.
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Ker Sin Tze


Ker Sin Tze () is a former Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC from 1991 to 2001. He was Minister of State (Sep-Dec 1991) and later Minister of State for Education (Jan 1992) and Information and the Arts (Jan 1992-Aug 1994). He joined Liang Court in 1980 and later became the Managing Director (1991). He was Chairman of Superior Metal Printing Limited (1990-1992, Sep 1994-1995); Deputy Chairman of the Chinese Development Assistance Council (Sep 1994-2000
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Thomas Westbrook Waldron


Waldron in the years to come became one of Wentworth's close friends and confidents.". He was also one of the Governor's councillors called from his Dover home to sit in council during what might be termed the Portsmouth Tea Party of Sep 1774. We don't know which of his sons Waldron offered to stay with the approximately seven-year-old Governor's nephew at Belknap's home to receive an education. Perhaps it was Richard, christened 11 Aug 1765. In January 1770 Belknap politely declined to take students
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Einar Pálsson


Einar Pálsson (1925–1996) was an Icelandic writer. He was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. He is best known for his theories about the origin of the Icelandic Saga literature as relict mythology of pagan ritual landscapes. He acquired a cand. phil. degree in 1946, and a BA degree in English and Danish in 1957 (University of Iceland). He graduated from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 1948. In 1995 he was awarded The Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Falcon by the president
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Einar Pálsson


the lines corresponded to the cardinal directions and other two were solstice lines. The dimensions of the system were standardised and measured by the ancients, conforming to a progression of numbers that harmonized distance and time. The circle diameter was an important dimension. In Iceland it was 216,000 Roman feet (about 64 km). Prominent features like hills, rocks and river mouths, aligning with the spokes, were used as landmarks to fix the wheel-shaped cosmogram to the landscape. Apart from the measurements, the system proposed by Pálsson
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Uppland Runic Inscription 448


words in the runic inscription, which is evident in the runic text of this inscription. The runic text states that the stone was raised by Ígull and Bjǫrn as a memorial to their father Þorsteinn. The name Þorsteinn contains as a theophoric name element the Norse pagan god Thor, and means "Thor's Stone." One word of the runic text, "sinn", has been implied based upon similar inscriptions on memorial stones for a portion of the text that was damaged and lost. The inscription includes a depiction of
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Ásatrúarfélagið


widespread Icelandic interest in spiritism, theosophy and elves. The Ásatrú organization was formed on the First Day of Summer 1972 in a meeting at Hótel Borg. In a meeting shortly thereafter Sveinbjörn was chosen as chairman and dubbed "allsherjargoði". Shortly before Christmas 1972, Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson and Þorsteinn Guðjónsson visited Ólafur Jóhannesson, minister of justice and ecclesiastical affairs, and expressed interest in registering Ásatrúarfélagið as an official religious organization. The minister at first believed that the request was a joke but when Sveinbjörn and Þorsteinn told him that they were serious
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Páll Ragnar Pálsson


Earth and singing in teacups“" LA Times, 12.04.2017 "„Equally stunning, but for very different reasons, was Páll Ragnar Palsson’s deeply emotional Supremacy of Peace which was inspired by the stark contrast of abandoned factories and pristine farmlands in northeast Estonia.“" Oteri, Frank J. „The 2015 ISCM World Music Days“ NewMusicBox 23.10.2015 "„The highlight of the event was to be found in the classical side with Páll Ragnar Pálsson; the Icelandic composer unveiled a knockout chamber piece of warping progressions and immaculate metre.
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Special Support and Reconnaissance Company


, the accepted soldiers have one year probation, before they get their beret with the SSR insignia, and can be considered full members The unit ancestor: the Homeguard Special Intelligence Patrols (SEP) was founded in 1959 during the Cold War. SEP was disbanded in 1994 and Patrol Coy Land Command Zealand was established from the SEP unit in 1995. The unit was first assigned as a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Coy to the Land Command Zealand (Corps-level) and later on the Danish Army Operational Command as Patrol Coy AOC
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Rikard Long


Rikard Sigmund Long (January 23, 1889 – December 16, 1977) was a Faroese teacher, writer, and politician for the People's Party. Long was born in Tórshavn, the son of Georg Long from Copenhagen and Svanhilda Pálsson from Vágur. He passed his "examen artium" in 1907 and his "examen philosophicum" in 1909. He enrolled at the University of Copenhagen in 1909, initially studying medicine and later switching to languages, but he never took any exams. He was a teacher at the Tórshavn Nautical
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Sequences Art Festival


(held October 11 to 17) the curatorial board decided to acknowledge renowned artists for their notable contribution to real-time art mediums. The honorary artist of Sequences 2008 was the Icelandic artist "Rúrí". The fourth Sequences Art Festival was held in 2009 (October 31 to November 7, 2009). The festival's honorary artist was the 80-year-old concept art legend Magnús Pálsson. Born in East-Iceland in 1929, Pálsson studied theatre design and art in the early 1950s and became an active participant in Iceland
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Catholic Church in Iceland


Gottskálksson and Gissur Einarsson, became disciples of Martin Luther and soon secured followers, particularly after King Christian III of Denmark and Norway declared himself for Lutheranism and began to enforce the change in his kingdom. This led to resistance, which escalated nearly to the point of civil war. Jón Arason and Ögmundur Pálsson, the Catholic bishops of Skálholt and Hólar respectively, opposed the kings efforts at promoting the Reformation in Iceland. Pálsson was deported by Danish officials in 1541, but Arason decided to fight. Opposition to the Reformation effectively ended
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Tony Jonsson


Þorsteinn Elton Jónsson, DFM (known in English as Thorsteinn "Tony" Jonsson; 19 October 1921 – 30 December 2001) was an Icelandic fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. He was the only pilot from Iceland to serve with Royal Air Force in the Second World War, and went on to a significant career in civil aviation. Þorsteinn was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 19 October 1921 to Snæbjörn Jónsson (1887–1978) and Annie Florence Westcott Jónsson (1893–1936). Although his mother was English
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Þorsteinn Gylfason


his focus was on contemporary work by Elizabeth Anscombe, Donald Davidson, Saul Kripke, John Rawls, Philippa Foot, Charles Taylor and Richard Rorty. Þorsteinn's early works ("An Essay on Man" in particular) are in the style of 20th century logical positivism—highly suspicious of esoteric Hegelian metaphysics. He later turned away from comprehensive theories to focus on specific problems. He considered himself an analytic philosopher insofar as "the ideas that have proven to be the most fruitful and inspiring, have been those of scholars generally
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Þorsteinn M. Jónsson


Þorsteinn M. Jónsson (born February 18, 1963 in Reykjavík, Iceland) was an affluent businessman active in Iceland but lost most of his assets when the economy collapsed in 2008. He was the Chairman of Glitnir Bank and the owner & Chairman of Coca-Cola Iceland. Coca-Cola Iceland was ten thousand million kr. in debt with Kaupthing Bank and that ended up being the figure it was sold for to Coca-Cola Spain (now Coca-Cola European Partners) which now runs it and remains one of few
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Hrafnkels saga


Hermann Pálsson again completely dismisses the idea of an oral tradition and seeks the origins of the saga in mediaeval European ideas. In a departure from previous scholarship, Hermann Pálsson based his research on the extended version of the saga. Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson, in his 2000 book on the saga, emphasises its heathen religious elements. While acknowledging that a large part of the story line probably represents 13th-century fiction, Jón Hnefill finds evidence of an oral tradition in such aspects of the story as Hrafnkell's sacrifices and the behaviour of
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Sigurður Pálsson


Sigurður Pálsson (born Skinnastaður, 30 July 1948 – 19 September 2017) was an Icelandic poet, author and translator. He worked primarily in cinema and television, theatre, and university teaching. He is particularly noted, among Icelandic writers, for his close links with France. Sigurður grew up in the north-east of Iceland. He died of illness in 2017. Sigurður graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1967, having been taught French by, amongst others, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir; and then, at the age of 19
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Gunnlaugr ormstunga


twelve to stay for some time at Borg with Þorsteinn Egilsson, the son of Egill Skallagrímsson. There, he became acquainted with Þorsteinn's daughter, Helga the fair, reputedly the most beautiful woman in Iceland. Her hair was so ample that she could hide herself in it. When Gunnlaugr was eighteen, he went abroad. At that time, Helga became his fiancée, on the condition that she would wait no more than three years for Gunnlaugr. He visited the courts of Norway, Ireland, Orkney and Sweden and England
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Ásatrúarfélagið


organisation is a founding member of the European Congress of Ethnic Religions. The idea to found a folk religious organization came about in late winter 1972 in discussions in a café in Reykjavík. The four men who would become the organization's early leaders and ideologues were Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, a farmer and a traditionalist poet, Jörmundur Ingi Hansen, a jack of all trades and a prominent person in the Reykjavík hippie movement, Dagur Þorleifsson, a journalist and active member of the Reykjavík theosophy lodge, and Þorsteinn Guðjónsson, leader of Félag Nýalssinna
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Maus (band)


Keane, Modest Mouse, and Placebo. Furthermore, Roger O'Donnell from The Cure has appeared as a guest keyboardist on their album "Lof mér að falla að þínu eyra". In December 2004 Maus went on a hiatus. Band members decided to pursue other interests, academic and otherwise, outside of Iceland. Meanwhile, members were working on several music projects including Fræ (Palli's band), Sometime (Danni's band) and Biggi's solo project. Palli (as Páll Ragnar Pálsson) has become a respected classical
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FM Belfast


members now vary from 3 to 8 depending on member availability. The core of the band is made up of Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson (Plúseinn, Hairdoctor, Motion Boys), Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir, Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (múm, Borko, Skakkamanage), Egill Eyjólfsson, and Ívar Pétur Kjartansson. They are joined sometimes by Sveinbjorn Hermann Pálsson (Terrordisco), Björn Kristjánsson (Borko, Skakkamanage), Birgitta Birgisdóttir and Eiríkur Orri (múm, Kira Kira, Benni Hemm Hemm). The band's live show often features many
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Jörg Baberowski


He stated that after reviewing Baberowski's works he had to “accept the criticism of his positions as right-wing extremist.” Christoph Vandreier, a member of the SEP, focused extensively on Baberowski in his 2019 book "Why Are They Back?" "Historical Falsification, Political Conspiracy and the Return of Fascism in Germany" (published by Mehring Verlag in German and Mehring Books in English)"." An essay which appears as an appendix in the book and was published on the World Socialist Web Site in December
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Fatmir Besimi


http://euobserver.com/7/31459 (9 Dec 2010) • ‘Policies, Measures and Activities for Increasing the Competitiveness’, KAPITAL – magazine for economics and politics, RM, (Apr 2009) • ‘Economic Suitability of Macedonia for joining the EU’, VALUTA - magazine for economics, RM (No.7, Sep 2007) • ‘Euro Introduction with Respect to the Theory for Optimum Currency Areas’, VALUTA - magazine for economics, RM (No.6, Sep 2007) • ‘Mixed Steps’, DNEVNIK – daily newspaper, RM, (
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September 1941 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse took place on Friday, September 5, 1941. It was a shallow partial lunar eclipse, with less than 10% of the Moon covered in Earth's shadow. Aug 31, 1941 = Sunday Sep 1, 1941 = Monday Sep 2, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 3, 1941 = Wednesday Sep 4, 1941 = Thursday Sep 5, 1941 = Friday Sep 6, 1941 = Saturday Sep 7, 1941 = Sunday Sep 8, 1941 = Monday Sep 9, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 10, 1941
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Egil's Saga


way to see King Æthelstan, who was fostering Thorstein (Þorsteinn), a kinsman of Arinbjorn. While visiting, word arrived from Norway that Thorstein's father died leaving him a large inheritance. Þorsteinn, Arinbjorn and Egil made plans to sail to Norway to claim Thorsteinn's share. Before they leave, King Æthelstan convinced Egil to move to England and command his armies after their task is completed. Egil returned to Iceland and spent a few years with his family. During this time, both Kings Æthelstan and Eirik Bloodaxe died
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Mjötviður Mær


Occult Philosophy" which represents the golden symmetry of the human body. Other symbols featured are images of the Yggdrasil, drawings from Ancient Egypt, and satanic symbols, among others. Tracks:br 1: Music: Þeyr. Lyrics: Magnús Guðmundsson.br 2: Music: Hilmar Örn Agnarsson. Lyrics: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.br 3: Music: Hilmar Örn Agnarsson. Lyrics: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.br 4: Music and lyrics: Þorsteinn Magnússon.br 5: Music: Þeyr.br 6: Music and lyrics: Þorsteinn Magnússon. 7: Music: Hilmar
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History of Christianity in Iceland


1521 been a staunch supporter of Luther's views. Young men studying in Germany were the first Icelanders who accepted Lutheran ideas, but most Icelanders remained faithful to their traditional faith. Furthermore, the two Catholic bishopsÖgmundur Pálsson of Skálholt and Jón Arason of Hólartook over the government of the country for the years of the Danish civil war. However, a secret circle of young Lutheran intellectuals was developing in the court of Bishop Ögmundur Pálsson in the same period. The elderly bishop openly opposed the Lutheran Church Ordinance which was introduced in Denmark
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Tony Jonsson


Flying Medal. He was commissioned as a pilot officer on 13 January 1943. On a second tour of duty with No. 65 Squadron, he flew Mustangs over Normandy. Þorsteinn was promoted flight lieutenant on 13 January 1945, and was discharged from the RAF on 16 April 1947. Þorsteinn is credited officially with having shot down five enemy planes (though claims have been made for eight), making him Iceland's only flying ace of the Second World War. He published a wartime memoir called "Dancing in the Skies"
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Þorsteinn Gylfason


a grant to study at Harvard University. He left Harvard with a B.A. degree in philosophy, having studied under the tutelage of Willard Van Orman Quine. He returned home for graduate studies in Icelandic, and later attended the University of Munich and Magdalen College, Oxford from 1965 to 1971. At Oxford, he studied under Gilbert Ryle and befriended well-known characters from philosophical circles, such as Alfred Jules Ayer. This influence affected his work in philosophy to a considerable extent. Þorsteinn worked as an assistant professor at the University
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