Jón Sveinsson

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Jón Stefán Sveinsson (born November 16, 1857 in Möðruvellir , Iceland ; † October 16, 1944 in Cologne ) is one of the best-known Icelandic writers in Germany and was a Jesuit through his Nonni books . He published his works worldwide under the name Jón Svensson - with the exception of Iceland, where his “last name” (actually patronymic ) remains unchanged “Sveinsson”.

Life

Nonnibrunnen, Cologne , Melatener Weg
Gravestone in the Melaten cemetery

Nonni is a diminutive of the name Jón. Jón Sveinsson was born on the Möðruvellir farm in Hörgárdalur near Akureyri. His parents were Sigríður Jónsdóttir (1826–1910) from Reykjahlíð am Mývatn and Sveinn Þórarinsson (1821–1869), clerk for the bailiff Pétur Havstein, the father of Hannes Hafstein . His parents had eight children, three of whom died of diphtheria in childhood in the autumn of 1860 . Björg (Bogga) (1854–1882), Jón Stefán (Nonni) (1857–1944), Sigríður Guðlaug (1858–1916), Ármann (Manni) (1861–1885) and Friðrik (1864–1943) grew up. His mother brought Kristín (1852–1949) into the marriage. In 1865 the family moved to Akureyri in the Pálshús , named after the first resident. Today it is a museum known as the Nonni House or Nonnahús . Nonni had a happy childhood, but it was clouded by the early death of her father Sveinn Þórarinsson in 1869. In 1870 he left Iceland at the invitation of France . He spent the winter of 1870 in Copenhagen , where he waited for the end of the Franco-Prussian War . In France he was able to attend better schools, for example in Amiens from 1871 . He adopted the Catholic faith, entered the Jesuit order , studied and was finally ordained a priest in Liverpool in 1890 . Since the Reformation in the 16th century, Nonni was the first Icelandic Catholic priest.

Since 1906 he wrote the twelve “Nonni books” about his youth in Iceland and his later life and work in Europe, the USA and Japan in German, most of which were published by Herder . They have been translated into more than 30 languages. Nonni only visited Iceland twice (1894 on horseback and 1930) at the invitation of the Icelandic government to celebrate the millennium of the world's oldest parliament still in existence, the Althing . From 1936 to 1938 he undertook an extensive world tour and lecture tour to the USA , Canada and Japan .

Bench at Nonni's grave on Melaten

Nonni died on October 16, 1944 in the St. Franziskus Hospital in Cologne and was buried in the nearby Melaten cemetery in Cologne , namely in the grave of the Cologne Jesuits (grave site 20 E / 19 D directly on the first main road NS / NordSüd left of Entrance Piusstraße off). In front of the wall with the vital dates of numerous Jesuits, Nonni has his own (lying) plaque.

Commemoration

To the left of the grave in this cemetery, there has been a bench since January 2011 to linger and browse. The text on the sponsor's sign reads: “In memory of Jón Svensson. Donated by NONNI friends, DIG and the Herder publishing house ”. The bank was made possible by donations to the “Kölner Grün Stiftung”, which is committed to improving the cityscape, parks, etc. In Cologne-Ehrenfeld the Nonniweg and the Nonnibrunnen are dedicated to him. In the immediate vicinity is the Nonni Club, an open door for children and young people, which Pastor Hermann-Josef Hieronymi, a great Nonni admirer, started in the 1960s. He also suggested the Nonni fountain.

Works

Jón Svensson's thirteen books (in order of their first German publication):

  1. A ride through Iceland: between ice and fire. [Et Ridt gennem Island, 1908]. Translated from Danish by Johannes Mayrhofer. Breslau: Görlich, 1911 (Woywods Volks- und Jugend-Bibliothek; 32-33).
    From the 10th edition by Herder under the title Between Ice and Fire: A Ride Through Iceland .
  2. Nonni: Telling the experiences of a young Icelander himself. Freiburg: Herder, 1913.
    New edition: Freiburg: Herder, 1979.
  3. From Iceland: experiences and memories. Freiburg: Herder, 1913. Later published as:
    Iceland: (Abridged excerpt in shorthand!) In: Bunte Blätter 19, pages 46-48, Wolfenbüttel: Heckners Verlag 1925.
    From Iceland: A nun's sea adventure in a dark night: Experiences and memories (Freiburg: Herder, 1939).
  4. Nonni and Manni: two Icelandic boys. In: Jesuit calendar for the jubilee year 1914. Published by priests of the Society of Jesus. Regensburg: Habbel , 1913. Published in book form in 1914, also by Verlag Josef Habbel, Regensburg.
  5. Sunny days: Nonni's youth experiences on Iceland. Translated from Danish by Johannes Mayrhofer. Freiburg: Herder, 1915.
    Contents: How Júlli og Dúfa were buried alive; Klein Kjartan's face; The lamb; The Vala; Nonni and Manni on the mountains.
    Excerpts from this work have appeared separately:
    • ... and Nonni doesn't give a damn. An adventure story from the mountains of Iceland. Freiburg: Herder, 1953 (Bufi books; 3).
    • Nonni in the snowstorm: 2 stories. Berlin: Evang. Verl.-Anstalt, 1957.
  6. The city by the sea: Nonni's new experiences. Freiburg: Herder, 1922.
    75th-78th Th. (1953) under the title The City by the Sea: Nonnis Experiences in Copenhagen.
    New edition (shortened and revised text) 1983 under the title Nonni in der Stadt am Meer.
  7. Adventure on the islands: Nuni's experiences on Zealand and Fyn. Freiburg: Herder, 1927.
  8. On Skipalón: New Icelandic Stories from Nuns. Freiburg: Herder, 1928.
  9. The story of little Guido: a story for Catholic youth. Freiburg: Herder, 1930.
    From the 23rd to the 26th Th. (1948) appeared as Guido: the little messenger of God.
  10. The island of fire in the North Sea: Nuni's trip to Althing. Freiburg: Herder, 1933.
    4th edition 1953: Abridged version, edited by Kurt Heinrich Heizmann.
  11. How Nonni found happiness. Freiburg: Herder, 1934.
    New edition of the version from 2004: revised text, supplemented by Nonnis résumé; Pictures by Johanna Tschepp. Neusäß: SJM-Verlag, 2011.
  12. Nonni tells: Experiences and stories from the happy Öresund. Freiburg: Herder, 1936.
  13. Nuni's journey around the world. (2 volumes)
    Edited by Hermann A. Krose after the author's death .
    1. From France via England to America. Freiburg: Herder, 1948.
    2. From America via the Far East back to Europe. Freiburg: Herder, 1949.
      Jón Svensson was only able to finish the second volume of Nuni's Journey around the World by chapter 39. Chapters 40 to 44 were written by his friend and companion Hermann A. Krose from Jón Svensson's diaries.

Collective editions and edits

  1. Nonni popular edition in three volumes. Freiburg: Herder.
    1. Nonni: Telling the experiences of a young Icelander himself. 1960.
    2. Nun's adventures abroad. 1960.
      Contains the abbreviated text of The City by the Sea and Adventure on the Islands .
    3. Nun's adventure in Iceland. 1961.
      Contains sunny days and on skipalón without Nonni and Manni in the mountains .
  2. Nonni in three volumes. Leipzig: St. Benno. Licensed edition of the Nonni Volksausgabe in the GDR .
    1. An Icelander talks about his youth. 1979.
    2. A priest talks about his homeland. 1981.
    3. Adventure in Copenhagen. 1989.
  3. Georg Telemann  : Nonni and Manni: The boys from the island of fire. Freiburg: Herder, 1988.
    Based on the stories by Jón Svensson and the ZDF series “Nonni und Manni”.
  4. Nonni and Manni get into distress: Nuni's adventure. Based on the stories by Jón Svensson, retold by Brynhildur Pétursdóttir, transmitted by Gisela Rabe-Stephan. Akureyri: Hólar, 2006.
  5. Nonni and Manni: Adventure in Iceland. Edited by Martin Stiefenhofer. Freiburg: Guys at Herder, 2007.
    Content: Nonni and Manni in the mountains , the Christmas visit to Skipalón , Júlli and Dúfa , adventures on the sea .
    The stories in this volume have been linguistically revised and slightly shortened by the editor.
  6. New adventures in Iceland with Nonni and Manni. Edited by Martin Stiefenhofer. Freiburg: Herder, 2008.
    The stories in this volume have been linguistically revised by the editor.

More fonts

  1. In the far north. Translated from Danish by G. Ferbers. Cologne: Benziger, 1895 (Old and New World; 1895, issue 10 and 11).
  2. From Iceland's Ancient Treasures: A Study of the History of Culture and Literature. [Islandsblomster, 1906] Translated from the Danish by Johannes Mayrhofer. Hamm: Breer & Thiemann, 1909 (Frankfurt contemporary brochures; NF, Vol. 28, 10). Published as print-on-demand: Islandsblomster. Danish. United States: BiblioLife, 2009. Hard back ISBN 0-559-90547-5 ; Paperback ISBN 0-559-90545-9 .
  3. Pictures from Iceland. Trier: Paulinus, 1913 (in: Lighthouse for Students).
  4. With the seriously wounded French prisoners of war in Weingarten (Swabia). In: Sonnenland. A girl's paper. 6: 14-20 (1917). Contained in abbreviated form: Grains of gold from the iron age. War example from Bernhard Duhr SJ Munich-Regensburg, publishing house vorm. GJ Manz, 1916. Chapter 73. pp. 111-114.
  5. Forces of nature in Iceland. Berlin: Deutsche Jugendbücherei , 1950. (Deutsche Jugendbücherei; 133).

Film adaptations

As a six-part television series, Nonni and Manni was filmed in 1988 (Taurus-Film GmbH) and broadcast as a Christmas series on ZDF . For this purpose, Herder-Verlag published the book "Nonni and Manni - The Boys from the Island of Fire" (author Georg Telemann , ISBN 3-451-21356-7 ) in 1988. The film of the same name is available on DVD (in German) (4 260131 126383), KSM GmbH, Distribution: NewKSM / KSM GmbH. In October 2010 a “Special Edition” came out as a three-part box set: Disc 1 and Disc 2 show episodes 1–3 and 4–6 of the above. ZDF Christmas series, supplemented by the director's “audio comments” on the making of the film. Disc 3 is called “Bonus” and contains the following “extras”: “How Nonni found his happiness” - ZDF documentary, approx. 44 minutes; "Garḋar and Einar - Two Boys from Iceland" - Documentary, approx. 33 min .; Biographies of Jón Svensson, Ágúst Guðmundsson , Garðar Thór Cortes and Einar Örn Einarsson; Image gallery and trailer of the Christmas series. The trilingual DVD "Nonni og Manni" has been available in Iceland since 2008, in Icelandic, English and German, with the English version being the original version (Bergvik ehf.). The soundtrack of this film is available on LP, single, cassette and CD; the music comes from Klaus Doldinger .

Audiobooks - Audio CD

  1. Christmas on ski salon. ISBN 978-3-930883-72-1 . Verlag Petra Kehl, Künzell: 2015.
  2. In the outlaw's den. ISBN 978-3-930883-88-2 . Publishing house Petra Kehl. Künzell: 2017.
  3. Nonni and the Magic Flute. ISBN 978-3-930883-93-6 . Publishing house Petra Kehl. Künzell: 2017.
  4. Nonni and Manni: Icelandic Adventure in the Mountains, ISBN 978-3-937337-98-2 . uccello 2017.
  5. Nuni's departure into the world. ISBN 978-3-930883-94-3 . Publishing house Petra Kehl. Künzell: 2018.
  6. Nonni in ice and storm. ISBN 978-3-930883-95-0 . Publishing house Petra Kehl. Künzell: 2018.

Third-party publications

  1. Hermann A. Krose : Jón Svensson: A life picture "Nonnis" depicted according to his diaries . Freiburg: Herder, 1949.
    Hermann Krose, a friend and companion of Nun, pays tribute to the life and work of Jón Svensson in this book.
  2. Jan Hrubý: Nonni. The great bard from the far north. His home, ancestors, life and work. Unpublished manuscript, Prague: 1939. (in the Nonni Collection of the National and University Library of Iceland )
  3. Maria Mida: Jón Svensson and his nuns books. Unpublished manuscript, Sept 8, 1939 (in the Nonni Collection of the National and University Libraries of Iceland)
  4. Jón Hjaltason: Nonni and the Nonni house . Akureyri: Hólar, 1993.
  5. Nonnis comeback in: Dietmar Grieser : The little heroes. Children's book characters and their role models . Pp. 17-31. Vienna: Langen-Müller, 1987.
  6. Nonni in: Father Klaus Luhmer SJ : From Cologne to Tokyo. Memories of a missionary to Japan . Pp. 55-56. Cologne: JP Bachem Verlag, 2009.
  7. Bent over from pain in: Dietmar Grieser: It's never too late. Your second life. From Charlie Chaplin to Karlheinz Böhm . Pp. 70-78. Vienna: Amalthea Signum Verlag, 2010.
  8. Friederika Priemer: Nonni - back in Japan (after 70 years) , in: ISLAND. Journal of the German-Isländische Gesellschaft eV Cologne and the Society of Friends of Islands eV Hamburg, 01/2009, pp. 68–76.
  9. Friederika Priemer: Nonni postage stamps - handcrafted , in: ISLAND, 02/2009, pp. 52–56.
  10. Friederika Priemer: Book-on-Demand or: New garb for “Islandsblomster” (Icelandic flowers) by Jón Svensson from 1906 , in: ISLAND, 01/2010, pp. 54–55.
  11. Friederika Priemer: Motokatsu Watanabe prays at Nuni's grave , ibid., Pp. 76–77.
  12. Dietz Bering : Nonni (Jón Svensson). Never seen, but touched. , in: ISLAND, 02/2010, pp. 49–52.
  13. Friederika Priemer: Nonni and 200 years of Melaten (cemetery) in Cologne , in: ISLAND, 02/2010, pp. 53–54.
  14. Christian Sprang / Matthias Nöllke: We are incredible. New unusual obituaries. Chapter 13: "Obituaries as a Vehicle". Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2010. p. 214.
  15. Brynhildur Pétursdóttir: Jón Svensson. Nonni. Life and work . Nonnahús Publishing House, Akureyri, July 2011.
  16. Gunnar F. Guðmundsson. Father Jón Sveinsson. Nonni . Verlag Opna, Reykjavík, 2012 (German edition: University and City Library Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-931596-99-6 ).
  17. Philipp Schöbi. Jón Svensson. (1857–1944) in: The literary Feldkirch. The Montfortstadt as a theater of literature . Bucher Verlag Hohenems-Wien-Vaduz 2018, ISBN 978-3-99018-450-9 .

Web links

Commons : Jón Sveinsson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Duhr SJ ,: Gold grains from iron time . Ed .: Verlagsanstalt vorm. GJManz Munich-Regensburg 1916. Munich-Regensburg 1916, p. 160 .


Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .
personal data
SURNAME Jón Sveinsson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jón Stefán Sveinsson (full name); Jón Svensson (German); Sveinsson, Jón Stefán
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH near Akureyri , Iceland
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1944
Place of death Cologne