Hrappseyjarprentsmiðja
The Hrappseyjarprentsmiðja (Eng. Hrappsey-Druckerei) was a printing company in Iceland on the island of Hrappsey in Breiðafjörður . It existed from 1773 to 1794.
Foundation and operation
In the 18th century there was initially only one printing company in Iceland, which belonged to the bishopric of Hólar in the north of the country and accordingly focused on religious writings.
From the middle of the 18th century, educated Icelanders endeavored to spread the ideas of the Enlightenment , which they had mostly got to know while studying in Copenhagen , in Iceland. Therefore Ólafur Ólafsson, who also gave himself the Latinized nickname Olavius, founded a private printing company independent of the church in 1773 on the island of Hrappsey , which is located at the confluence of the side fjord Hvammsfjörður with the Breiðafjörður in western Iceland.
The company was financed by the local farmer Bogi Benediktsson , whose sons-in-law included two well-known poets, Bjarni Thorarensen and Jón Þorláksson .
The printing house existed until 1794, after which it was relocated to Leirársveit between Borgarnes and Akranes .
Products
The purpose of the printing house was to create and publish printed matter - magazines and books - that were non-religious in content. It was the first such printing house in Iceland.
After the first year of its existence, Bogi Benediktsson bought the print shop from Ólafur Ólavius and was its sole owner from then on. However, the Sýslumaður of Dalasýsla Magnús Ketilsson acted as editor and editor.
The first printed product was a magazine, which - probably because of the Danish donors - was written in Danish by Islandske Maaneds-Tidender, which was the first magazine to be published in Iceland. Magnús Ketilsson wrote numerous scientific texts, published them with the help of the printing company and thus pursued the aims of enlightenment in the sense of popular education.
Literary works were also published, such as works by the authors Eggert Ólafsson , Björn Halldórsson and Jón Þorláksson . The first print version of the Egils saga was also created on Hrappsey. In total, in the 19 years of the printing house's existence on Hrappsey, no less than 83 publications, including a. about the latest findings in agricultural science and economics .
Ghost story
A collection of Icelandic folk tales compiled and edited by Jón Árnason in the 19th century contains a treatise on printing on Hrappsey. According to her, the previous owner of the house hanged himself and was said to be walking around. The daughters of the future owner Bogi Benediktsson, who slept in the attic after a party, heard corresponding noises in the lower rooms. It was speculated that because of this, Bogi got the house at a particularly good price.
Individual evidence
- ↑ With certain feminine article: Hrappseyjarprentsmiðjan .
- ↑ a b c d e https://visindavefur.hi.is/svar.php?id=1707 Hvenær varð fyrsti íslenski fjölmiðillinn til og hvenær hóf hann starfsemi sína? Svar: Gunnar Karlsson, professor emeritus í sagnfræði við HÍ, Vísindavefur HÍ; downloaded on November 12, 2015
- ↑ Alternative date: 1776, in: Kristján Eiríksson, Sigurborg Hilmarsdóttir: Bókastóð. Ágrip af íslenskri bókmenntasögu. Reykjavík, Iðnú, 1999, 82. ISBN 9979-67-016-9
- ↑ a b c d Kristján Eiríksson, Sigurborg Hilmarsdóttir: Bókastóð. Ágrip af íslenskri bókmenntasögu. Reykjavík, Iðnú, 1999, 82. ISBN 9979-67-016-9
- ↑ Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. Ed. Tómas Einarsson, Helgi Magnússon. Fyrra bindi. Reykjavík, Örn og Örlygur, 1989, 190.
- ↑ Islandske Maaneds-Tidender. Retrieved February 4, 2017 (Danish, 1st page, 1st edition).
- ↑ http://nfi.ku.dk/publikationer/trykte_serier/editiones/egils_saga-a/ Egils saga Skallagrímssonar, edited by Bjarni Einarsson. Bind I. A editorial offices. Nordisk Forskingsinstitut. Downloaded November 13, 2015
- ↑ a b http://www.snerpa.is/net/thjod/dr-prent.htm Draugurinn í prentsmiðjuhúsinu. Þjóðsagnasafn Jóns Árnasonar. Downloaded November 13, 2015
Coordinates: 65 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ N , 22 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W.