Jón Helgason (other)
Jón Helgason may refer to: * Jón Helgason (poet) (1899–1986), Icelandic philologist and poet * Jón Helgason (minister) Jón Helgason (4 October 1931 – 2 April 2019) was an Icelandic politician and former government minister. He was a member of Alþingi The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the ...

Jón Helgason (poet)
Jón Helgason (June 30, 1899 – January 19, 1986) was an Icelandic philologist and poet. He was head of the Danish Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies from 1927 to 1972 and professor of Icelandic studies at the University of Copenhagen from 1929 to 1969. He made significant contributions to his field. As a poet, he was not prolific but noted for his highly polished and effective traditional poetry. His best-known poems are ''Áfangar'' and ''Í Árnasafni''. One of his discoveries at the institute is the pair of glossaries that are the only documentation on Basque–Icelandic pidgin The Basque–Icelandic pidgin (; ) was a Basque language, Basque-based pidgin spoken in Iceland during the 17th century. It consisted of Basque language, Basque, Germanic languages, Germanic, and Romance languages, Romance words. Basque whale .... In 1923, he married Þórunn Ástriður Björnsdóttir (1895–1966) and in 1975 married Agnete Loth (1921-1990). References Höfundu ...
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