Bjorn Gunnlaugsson

The southwest of Iceland on one of Björn Gunnlaugsson's four sheets of maps

Björn Gunnlaugsson (born September 25, 1788 on the farm Tannstaðir; † March 17, 1876 ) was an Icelandic cartographer who made the first complete map of his home island.

Björn Gunnlaugsson traveled to Iceland on behalf of the Icelandic Literary Society ( Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag ) from 1831 to 1843, the results of his work were published as a topographic map on four sheets with a scale of 1: 480: 000. The date is often given as 1844, but the maps were probably not completed before 1848. In 1849 a smaller edition of the map with a scale of 1: 960,000 followed.

literature

CF Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexicon: tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814 . Gyldendal , Kjøbenhavn 1887–1905. Vol. 12

Web links

Commons : Björn Gunnlaugsson - album with pictures, videos and audio files

National and University Library of Iceland: The Survey of Iceland - The maps of Björn Gunnlaugsson

personal data
SURNAME	Bjorn Gunnlaugsson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gunnlaugsson, Bjorn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Icelandic cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 25, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH	at the Tannstaðir farm, Iceland
DATE OF DEATH	March 17, 1876