Kristján Jónsson (writer)

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Lónslón at Öxarfjörður

The writer Kristján Jónsson , also: Kristján Jónsson Fjallaskáld (born June 20, 1842 at the Krossdalur farm in Kelduhverfi , North Iceland ; † April 9, 1869 in Kópavogur , Iceland) was an Icelandic poet .

Life

Kristján Jónsson was born in 1842 on the Krossdalur farm in northern Iceland, not far from Ásbyrgi , which still exists today . However, the family moved to another farm four years later, to Auðbjargarstaðir , a farm that has since been abandoned. He was lying just south of the lagoon Lónslón , close to today runs there via road no. 85 . Kristján grew up there, but most of the time as a half-orphan, as his father had died a year after moving.

When she was twelve, Kristján came to live with relatives at Ærlækjarsel on Öxarfjörður . In the following years he worked as a farmhand on various farms in the area.

Under these circumstances Kristján could not acquire a proper school education, only basic knowledge at first, which he, however, expanded as an avid reader and self-taught . Finally, he found financial support from relatives and friends who enabled him - he was already 21 years old - to study in what was then the Latin school in Reykjavík . He attended this school from 1864 to 1868, but then dropped out without a degree. The reasons are not known exactly, poverty and alcohol problems may have played a role.

In Reykjavík he was involved in cultural life and made z. B. the acquaintance of Matthías Jochumsson .

Back in the north, he was offered a job and now worked for the Danish merchant Gustav Iversen in Vopnafjörður until he was far too early in 1869, d. H. At the age of only 26, died.

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He began to poetry at an early age and gained such a reputation in the area that he was nicknamed Fjallaskáld ( mountain poet ) after a work stay at the Hólsfjöll farm .

His main topic was the nature of his homeland, e.g. B. the Dettifoss waterfall .

During his years in Reykjavík he wrote numerous poems. These are still popular today, and many of them were set to music, such as Þorraþrællinn 1866 ( Nú er frost á Fróni ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Jón R. Hjálmarsson: Með þjóðskjáldum við þjóðveginn. Reykjavík 2004, 151-155
  2. ↑ http://www.snerpa.is/allt_hitt/textasafn/Thorrathraell/ Text of the poem; Retrieved November 5, 2015
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 Kristján Jónsson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kristján Jónsson Fjallaskáld
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic poet
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Kelduhverfi , North Iceland
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1869
Place of death Kópavogur , Iceland