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Guðmundsson
Guðmundsson is an Icelandic patronym, meaning ''son of Guðmundur''. The name may refer to: * Ágúst Guðmundsson (born 1947), Icelandic film director * Albert Guðmundsson (other) * Ari Guðmundsson (1927–2003), Icelandic Olympic ski jumper *Arinbjörn Guðmundsson (1932–2014), Icelandic chess master *Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson (contemporary), Icelandic professional handball player * Björgólfur Guðmundsson (born 1941), Icelandic billionaire businessman * Björn Hjörtur Guðmundsson (1911–1998), Icelandic master carpenter and environmental pioneer *Böðvar Guðmundsson (born 1939), Icelandic author, playwright, and poet *Einar Már Guðmundsson (born 1954), Icelandic author and poet *Guðmundur Guðmundsson (chess player) (1918–1974), Icelandic chess player *Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handballer) (born 1960), Icelandic professional handball coach *Guðmundur Guðmundsson (Mormon) (1825–1883), Icelandic Mormon missionary * Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson (190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pétur Guðmundsson (basketball)
Pétur Karl Guðmundsson (born 30 October 1958) is an Icelandic former professional basketball player and coach from Reykjavík. Standing 2.18 m (7'2"), weighing 118 kg (260 lb) and playing the center position, Pétur was the first Icelander and one of the first European players ever to play in National Basketball Association (NBA). He was also a member of the Icelandic national basketball team from 1978 to 1992 but missed several years due to FIBA rules banning professional players from playing for national teams. In 2001, he was named the Icelandic Player of the 20th century by the Icelandic Basketball Association. Early life Pétur was born and raised in Reykjavík to an Icelandic father and a Faroese mother. He started practicing handball at the age of 8 with Valur's junior teams but after breaking his right arm in a horse riding accident, which affected his ability to throw the ball with power, he turned to basketball at the behest of former national team pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arinbjörn Guðmundsson
Arinbjörn Guðmundsson (22 May 1932 – 2014) was an Icelandic and Australian chess player, Chess Olympiad individual medalist (1960). Biography Arinbjörn Guðmundsson learned to play chess late at the age of seventeen. However, he achieved good results in chess tournaments and was one of Icelandic leading chess players from 1955 to 1970. In 1954, together with Friðrik Ólafsson and other Icelandic chess players, Arinbjörn Guðmundsson founded the first chess magazine in the country. He has regularly participated in Icelandic Chess Championships and Reykjavik International Chess tournaments (1955, 1957, 1960, 1964). Arinbjörn Guðmundsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1956, at second reserve board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3, =1, -1), * In 1958, at first reserve board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+1, =6, -4), * In 1960, at second board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+7, =9, -0) and won individual silver medal, * In 1962, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Burnley and the Iceland national team. Jóhann began his senior career at Breiðablik for a single season before moving to Dutch team AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie where they also participated in the Europa League. After a few seasons with them, he joined Championship side Charlton Athletic for two seasons, then to newly promoted club Burnley where he featured for most of the 2017–18 season in qualifying for the Europa League. Jóhann was part of the Iceland national team in both the UEFA Euro 2016 and 2018 FIFA World Cup, the former competition saw him assisting Iceland's first ever goal in a major tournament. Club career Breiðablik Born in Reykjavík, Jóhann started his career at Breiðablik, but moved to England early in his career when his parent decided to relocate there. He had spells with the youth team at Chelsea and then with fellow South-W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björgólfur Guðmundsson
Björgólfur Guðmundsson (born 2 January 1941) is an Icelandic businessman and former chairman and owner of West Ham United. Björgólfur was Iceland's second wealthiest businessman worth more than a billion dollars — his son, Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson being the first. He was at one time the majority owner and chairman of the now nationalised Icelandic bank Landsbanki, the second largest company in Iceland. He was ranked by ''Forbes'' magazine in March 2008 as the 1014th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $1.1 billion. In December of the same year Forbes revalued his net worth to $0, and on 31 July 2009 he was declared bankrupt by the Icelandic courts with debts of almost £500 million (96 billion ISK). Björgólfur was described in an article written by Jamie Jackson of The Guardian as "a former footballer, furniture packer and law student, a recovering alcoholic of 30 years and an old-fashioned philanthropist". In the 1990s he was sentenced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Guðmundsson (chess Player)
Guðmundur Guðmundsson (11 May 1918 – 20 April 1974) was an Icelandic chess player, Icelandic Chess Championship winner (1954). Biography From the late 1930s to late 1950s, Guðmundur Guðmundsson was also one of the leading Icelandic chess players. In 1947, he played in Hastings International Chess Congress and Nordic Chess Championship. In 1954, Guðmundur Guðmundsson won the Icelandic Chess Championship. Guðmundur Guðmundsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1954, at second board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ... (+2, =6, -5). References External links *Guðmundur Guðmundssonchess games at 365chess.com 1918 births 1974 deaths Icelandic chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jón Guðmundsson
Jón Guðmundsson (1904 – 1980) was an Icelandic chess player, three-times Icelandic Chess Championship winner (1932, 1936, 1937), Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (1939). Biography In the 1930s Jón Guðmundsson was one of the most promising young chess players in Iceland. He three times won the Icelandic Chess Championship (1932, 1936, 1937). Jón Guðmundsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1930, in the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+3, =4, -10), * In 1937, at second reserve board in the 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+4, =5, -7), * In 1939, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the Capital city, capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata ... (+11, =0, -3) and won individual gold medal for group "B", showing a hundred percent result in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Guðmundsson
Herbert "Hebbi" Guðmundsson (born 15 December 1953) is an Icelandic pop music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his songs "Svaraðu", "Time", "Hollywood" and "Can‘t Walk Away", which reached No. 1 on the Icelandic listings chart in 1985. Life and career Herbert Guðmundsson first became widely known in Iceland when offered to sing with the band Tilvera in 1971, which was one of the most popular bands in Iceland at the time along with Trúbrot Trúbrot were an Icelandic psychedelic/progressive rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. History The band was formed in 1969 as an Icelandic supergroup composed of members of the bands Hljómar and Flowers.Asbjørnsen, Dag Erik. ' ... and Ævintýri. Herbert took part in the first staging of ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' in Iceland in 1972, and soon after the staging of ''Faust'' at the National Theater of Iceland and fronted various Icelandic bands, including Elífð, Tilvera, Stofnþel, Eik, Pelican, Dínamít a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tómas Guðmundsson
Tómas Guðmundsson (6 January 1901 – 14 November 1983) was an Icelandic writer. He was known as Reykjavík's poet ''(Reykjavíkurskáldið, skáld Reykjavíkur)''. Tómas's parents were Steinunn Þorsteinsdóttir and Guðmundur Ögmundsson, living at Efri-Brú in Grímsnes. He soon got in touch with literature and poetry. He read Icelandic sagas, Jónas Hallgrímsson's poems and more. He also started to write his own poetry at a young age. Career He moved to Reykjavík and studied at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, there he got in touch with many authors, including Halldór Laxness (they formed a close friendship during the M.R. years), Guðmundur G. Hagalín and Davíð Stefánsson. Tómas graduated from M.R. in 1921. He then studied law at Háskóli Íslands and graduated in 1926. During that time he got in touch with even more authors, including Jón Thoroddsen junior. After his graduation he opened an office to practise law and in 1928 he started working at Hagstofa Ísland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Páll Guðmundsson
Páll Guðmundsson (; born 1959 in Húsafell in the west of Iceland, where he still lives) is a sculptor and artist. He has done part of his studies at the University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany. Mostly, he sculptures faces of people out of the rock he finds around Húsafell. He has for example sculptured the faces of Johann Sebastian Bach, Björk and the Icelandic writer Thor Vilhjálmsson. Páll is also working as a musician with a unique idiophone, a large xylophone-like instrument made of stones called the ''Steinharpa''. He crafted the instrument himself using stones found around his home. With the instrument he has performed along with the Icelandic band Sigur Rós Sigur Rós () is an Icelandic post-rock band from Reykjavík, active since 1994. The band comprises singer and guitarist Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm, and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson. Known for their ethereal sound, fr .... References External links *http://pallg.is/ { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jón Axel Guðmundsson
Jón Axel Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1996) is an Icelandic professional basketball player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats. He won two national championships with Grindavík in 2012 and 2013 and the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2014. Playing career Grindavík After coming up through the junior ranks of Grindavík, Jón Axel played his first senior match with the club in 2011. He won the Icelandic championship with the club in 2012 and 2013 and the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2014. Church Farm Jón Axel started the 2014–2015 season with Church Farm School, averaging a team best 21 points per game before the christmas break. In January 2015, he decided to leave the school and return to Grindavík. Return to Grindavík In 12 regular-season games with Grindavík during the 2014–2015 season, Jón Axel averaged 15.6 points and 6.4 assists per game. He had a rough first-round seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson
Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson (born 14 December 1981) is an Icelandic retired professional footballer who played as a defender. During his career, Guðmundsson played in Norway for Aalesunds FK and Start; in Cyprus for Apollon Limassol; and had three separate spells with his hometown team Keflavík. He is now manager at Reynir Sandgerði and won the 4 Division 2018 with the club, without losing a single game, In 2020 he promoted Reynir to the 2 division. Two promotions in three years. Club career He has played for Cypriot team Apollon Limassol. He joined from Norwegian team Aalesunds FK having played there since 2005, when he joined from Icelandic team Keflavík. On 31 August 2011, he signed with Start Start can refer to multiple topics: *Takeoff, the phase of flight where an aircraft transitions from moving along the ground to flying through the air * Starting lineup in sports *Standing start, and rolling start, in an auto race Acronyms *St .... However, he switch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Már Guðmundsson
Einar Már Guðmundsson (born 18 September 1954 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic author of novels, short stories, and poetry. His books have been translated into several languages. Background Guðmundsson grew up in Reykjavík. In 1979 he received his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Iceland in comparative literature and history. He subsequently worked in the comparative literature department of the University of Copenhagen. Today, the author lives in Reykjavík, is married, and has five children. Works Einar's first book was poetry and his best-known work is his novel ''Englar alheimsins'' (''Angels of the Universe''), subsequently adapted as a film. * 1980: '' Sendisveinninn er einmana,'' poetry ( Gallerí Suðurgata 7, Reykjavík) * 1980: '' Er nokkur í Kórónafötum hér inni?,'' poetry (Gallerí Suðurgata 7, Reykjavík) * 1981: '' Róbinson Krúsó snýr aftur,'' poetry ( Iðunn, Reykjavík) * 1982: '' Riddarar hringstigans,'' novel ( Almenna bókafélagið, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
