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Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson
Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson (5 July 1944 – 17 March 2018) was an Icelandic politician and chairman of the Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn) from 2003 to 2009. He served as the captain of fishing vessels in the years from 1967 to 1997. He was an active member of the Independence Party and attended meetings of Althingi 8 times in 1991–1995. In 1999 he joined Sverrir Hermannsson and formed the Liberal Party. He was a member of Althingi from 1999 to 2009. Personal life Guðjón Arnar was the son of Jóhanna Jakobsdóttir and Kristján Sigmundur Guðjónsson, commonly known as ''Kitti Gau'' (short for Kristján Guðjónsson). As such, Guðjón Arnar was commonly referred to as ''Addi Kitta Gau'' which means Addi (short for Arnar) son of Kitti Gau. Death Guðjón Arnar died on 17 March 2018 in the National University Hospital of Iceland National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, rega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord which meets the waters of the larger fjord Ísafjarðardjúp. With a population of about 2,600, Ísafjörður is the largest settlement in the peninsula of Vestfirðir ( Westfjords) and the administration centre of the Ísafjarðarbær municipality, which includes—besides Ísafjörður—the nearby villages of Hnífsdalur, Flateyri, Suðureyri, and Þingeyri. History According to the Landnámabók (the book of settlement), Skutulsfjörður was first settled by Helgi Magri Hrólfsson in the 9th century. In the 16th century, the town grew as it became a trading post for foreign merchants. Witch trials were common around the same time throughout the Westfjords, and many people were banished to the nearby peninsula of Hornstrandir, now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fréttablaðið
''Fréttablaðið'' ( en, The Newspaper) is a free Icelandic newspaper. It is distributed five days per week. History and profile ''Fréttablaðið'' was established in 2001. It was originally owned primarily by the media group ''365''. The paper was published six days per week, Monday - Saturday until September 2003 when its frequency was switched to daily. As of 2019 it was published six days per week again, and as of 2020, it was published five days per week. It is entirely funded by advertising. ''Fréttablaðið'' has been described as siding politically with the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) and for favouring Icelandic membership of the European Union. However, some of its editors have sided with the conservative Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), and its former editor-in-chief and regular columnist is Independence Party's former leader and Prime Minister Þorsteinn Pálsson. In the period of 2001–2002 the paper had a circulation of 70,000. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
