Finnur Jónsson

male
Philologist, Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning, Den oldnorske og oldislandske litteraturs historie, Icelanders' sagas, skaldic poetry, Old Norse literature…Menntaskólinn í Reykjavik
Finnur Jónsson was an Icelandic philologist who made extensive contributions to the study of Old Norse literature. Finnur graduated from M...

Kristinn Ármannsson

male
linguist, icelandic, Rektor, Menntaskólinn í Reykjavik, Latin Grammar, Kristinn Ármannson
Kristinn Ármannson was the rektor of Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík from 1956–1965. He is the author of "Latin Grammar", a book still used in all school...

Tómas Guðmundsson

male, deceased (1983)
poet, icelandic, Háskóli Íslands, Menntaskólinn í Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Icelandic sagas
Tómas Guðmundsson was an Icelandic author. He was known as Reykjavík's poet "(Reykjavíkurskáldið, skáld Reykjavíkur)". Tómas's parents were Stei...

Guðmundur Kamban

male, deceased (1945)
I See a Wondrous Land, The Virgin of Skalholt, film director, Skálholt, honoris causa, collaborator…Menntaskólinn í Reykjavik, Reykjavik
Guðmundur Kamban was an Icelandic playwright and novelist. He was born near Reykjavík, son of a merchant of an old and well known Icelandic fa...

Þorsteinn Erlingsson

male, deceased (1914)
poet, socialist, atheist, socialism, icelandic, Romanticism…Menntaskólinn í Reykjavik, Reykjavik
Þorsteinn Erlingsson, was an Icelandic poet. He graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1883 and went to Copenhagen to study law. He never fini...

Ari Eldjárn

male, 28 years old
London Film School, Reykjavik, Menntaskólinn í Reykjavik, icelandic, Tindar, film director
Ari Eldjárn is an Icelandic film-maker and scriptwriter. Born in Reykjavík in 1981, he is the fourth son of Icelandic writer Þórarinn Eldjárn and h...