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Stefán Baldursson
Stefán is a common first name in Iceland. According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required. ''Stefán'' is the Icelandic version of the Greek name Stephanos (English Stephen) with the original meaning being ''crown'' or ''wreath''. The name is a frequently given name in Iceland. In 2002, it was ranked ninth after Kristján and before Jóhann. People * Stefán Gíslason (born 1980), Icelandic football player * Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson (1853–1927), original name of the Icelandic poet and farmer Stephan G. Stephansson * Stefán Hörður Grímsson (1919–2002), Icelandic author * Stefán Hilmarsson, Icelandic musician * Stefán Kristjánsson (1982–2018), Icelandic chess grandmaster * , Icelandic poet * , Icelandic academe * Stefán Sigurðsson (1887–1933), Icelandic poet also known as Stefán frá Hvítadal * Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894–1980), Icelandic Minister of Fo ...
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Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ...
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Stefán Hörður Grímsson
Stefán Hörður Grímsson (31 March 1919, Hafnarfjörður – 18 September 2002, Reykjavík) was an Icelandic modernist Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and soc ..., one of the Atom Poets. His first book of poetry came out in 1946, but he gained attention for his second book of poems in 1951; he published four more books between 1970 and 1989. Works * ''Glugginn snýr í norður'' (1946) * ''Svartálfadans'' (1951) * ''Hliðin á sléttunni'' (1970) * ''Farvegir'' (1981) * ''Tengsl'' (1987) * ''Yfir heiðan morgun'' (1989) Legacy In 1989, Stefán Hörður's book ''Tengsl'' was nominated for the Nordic Literature Prize. That same year, his book ''Yfir heiðan morgun'' won the Icelandic Literary Prize with it being the first book to win the award. His books have been transl ...
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Stefan (given Name)
Stefan is a masculine given name, a form of the English language, English name Stephen. People Medieval period :''Ordered chronologically'' * Stefan Vojislav (died 1043), Serbian Byzantine governor and Prince of Duklja * Stefan (archbishop of Uppsala), Sweden, (before 1150–1185), first archbishop from 1164 to 1185 * Stefan Nemanja or Stefan I, Nemanja (c. 1109–1199), grand prince of the Serb state of Raška * Stefan Nemanjić or Stefan II, Nemanja (1176–1228), proclaimed King of Serbia in 1217 * Stefan Radoslav of Serbia (c. 1192 – c. 1235), King of Serbia, son of Nemanjić * Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia (died after 1264), son of Stefan Nemanjić * Stefan Dragutin (died 1316), King of Serbia, son of Stefan Uroš I * Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (1282–1321) * Stefan Vladislav II of Syrmia (1321 – c. 1325) * Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (1321–1331) * Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (Dušan the Mighty) (1331–1355), king 1331–1346; tsar 1346–1355 * Stef ...
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Stefán Vagn Stefánsson
Stefán Vagn Stefánsson (born 17 January 1972) is an Icelandic politician. He is a member of the Icelandic Parliament for the Progressive Party in the Northwest Constituency. His parents are Hrafnhildur Stefánsdóttir from Hjaltastöðum í Blönduhlíð in Skagafjörður and , a former member of the Icelandic Parliament from Sauðárkrókur. Stefán began working for the Icelandic Police in Sauðárkrókur in 1997 and worked there until 1998 when he began working for the Reykjavík police. He began studying at the State Police Academy in 1998 and after graduating, Stefán began working for the Reykjavík police. In 2001, he began working in the National Police Commissioner's Special Unit and worked there until 2007. He began working in the National Police Commissioner's Analysis Department from 2007 to 2008 when he began working as a senior police officer in Sauðárkrókur. Stefán worked alongside his police work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and went to Afghanistan ...
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Stefán Karl Stefánsson
Stefán Karl Stefánsson ( , ; 10 July 1975 – 21 August 2018) was an Icelandic actor and singer. He was best known for portraying Robbie Rotten, the antagonist of the children's television series ''LazyTown''. Career Stefán Karl's career started in 1994 at the age of 19, when he worked as a puppeteer for television. During his years as a puppeteer, he had also been studying at the Drama Academy of Iceland. However, he was unsatisfied with the perspectives of Icelandic drama standards. He recalled that his principal at his high school said that "acting is not about making faces and changing your face", which he disagreed with. Later, Stefán Karl was invited by Magnús Scheving, an Icelandic gymnast, to portray one of the characters in the second ''LazyTown'' play. Magnús created the plays due to his concerns about Iceland's younger generation lacking sufficient physical exercise. Stefán Karl explained that " agnúswanted the kids to get healthier, so he created this mu ...
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Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (20 July 1894 – 20 October 1980) was the first actual minister of Foreign Affairs in Iceland from 18 November 1941 to 17 January 1942. He was prime minister of Iceland from 4 February 1947 to 6 December 1949. He was first elected to the Althing in 1934 but did not get reelected in 1937. From 1942 to 1953, he regained his seat in the Althing. He was chairman of the now defunct Social Democratic Party (''Alþýðuflokkurinn'') from 1938 to 1952. He was ambassador of Iceland in Denmark from 1957 to 1965. He was minister for social affairs from 1939 to 1941 and Minister of Foreign and Social Affairs from 1941 to 1942. He was Prime-Minister when Iceland joined NATO in 1949; leading a coalition consisting of his own Social Democratic Party together with the Independence Party and Progressive Party. He was born in Dagverðareyri, Iceland, to Stefán Ágúst Oddsson and Ólöf Árnadóttir. Stefán gained his degree in Law in 1922. He was Social Affairs M ...
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Stefán Sigurðsson
Stefán Sigurðsson (16 or 11 October 1887 – 7 March 1933), also known as Stefán frá Hvítadal (Stefán from Hvítadal) was an Icelandic poet. His most widely known work is a poem written for his daughter Erla; ''Erla góða Erla''. He was born in Hólmavík but grew up in Hvítadal. Selected publications *Stefán frá Hvítadal. (1919) ''Söngvar Förumannsins'' (Songs of the vagabond). Reykjavík: Bókaverzlun Ársæls Árnasonar *Stefán frá Hvítadal. (1921) ''Óður einyrkjans''. Reykjavík: Prentsmiðjan Gutenberg *Stefán frá Hvítadal. (1924) ''Heilög kirkja : sextug drápa''. Reykjavík: Prentuð í Acta *Stefán frá Hvítadal. (1927) ''Helsingjar''. Reykjavík: Félagsprentsmiðjan *Stefán frá Hvítadal. (1930) ''Anno domini 1930''. Reykjavík Additional sources *Stevens, Patrick J. (2004) ''Icelandic Writers''. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale * Orgland, Ivar (1990) ''Stefán Fra Hvítadal Og Noregur: Rannsókn Á Norskum Áhrifum Á Íslenskt Ljóðskáld ...
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Stefán Kristjánsson
Stefán Kristjánsson (8 December 1982 – 28 February 2018) was an Icelandic chess grandmaster and professional poker player. Stefán began playing chess at the age of 11 and earned his international master title in 2002, at age 19. He won the Reykjavík Chess Championship twice, in 2002 and 2006. He achieved the required norms for his grandmaster title by 2006 and was awarded the title in 2011, after reaching a rating of 2500. He represented Iceland at five Chess Olympiads and four European Team Chess Championships. Stefán did not compete regularly after attaining his grandmaster title. Outside of chess, he was also a successful poker player and gained fame in the Icelandic poker community. He died in 2018 at the age of 35, becoming the first Icelandic grandmaster to die. Chess career Stefán was born on 8 December 1982 in Reykjavík. He began playing chess at the relatively late age of 11, at his elementary school Melaskóli. He showed talent and progressed quickly. His ...
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Stefán Hilmarsson
Stefán is a common first name in Iceland. According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required. ''Stefán'' is the Icelandic version of the Greek name Stephanos (English Stephen) with the original meaning being ''crown'' or ''wreath''. The name is a frequently given name in Iceland. In 2002, it was ranked ninth after Kristján and before Jóhann. People * Stefán Gíslason (born 1980), Icelandic football player * Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson (1853–1927), original name of the Icelandic poet and farmer Stephan G. Stephansson * Stefán Hörður Grímsson (1919–2002), Icelandic author * Stefán Hilmarsson, Icelandic musician * Stefán Kristjánsson (1982–2018), Icelandic chess grandmaster * , Icelandic poet * , Icelandic academe * Stefán Sigurðsson (1887–1933), Icelandic poet also known as Stefán frá Hvítadal * Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894–1980), Icelandic Ministe ...
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Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Stephan G. Stephansson (October 3, 1853 – August 10, 1927) was a Western Icelander, poet, and farmer. His given name was Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson. Early Life He was born in Skagafjörður, Iceland but immigrated to Wisconsin, United States in 1873, at age 19. In 1889 he moved to Markerville, Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada. He did not see Iceland again until 1917, when he was 64 years old. Stephan was self-educated and worked hard all his life. He wrote after work, and, being an insomniac, he often wrote till dawn. He was under the influence of the American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson and they shared the same beliefs in many matters, including equal rights for men and women. Stephan wrote only in Icelandic and had great influence in his home country. His poems were published in a six volume book called "Andvökur" (Wakeful Nights). His letters and essays were published in four volumes, and even if nothing of his poetry had survived, those would have been eno ...
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Icelandic Name
Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland. Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage. Iceland shares a common cultural heritage with the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Unlike these countries, Icelanders have continued to use their traditional name system, which was formerly used in most of Northern Europe. The Icelandic system is thus not based on family names (although some people do have family names and might use both systems). Generally, a person's last name indicates the first name of their father (patronymic) or in some cases mother (matronymic) in the genitive, followed by ("son") or ("daughter"). Some family names exist in Iceland, most commonly adaptations from last names Icelanders adopted when living abroad, usually in Denmark. Notable Ic ...
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Stefán Gíslason
Stefán Gíslason (born 15 March 1980 in Fjarðabyggð) is an Icelandic retired footballer and manager who last played for Breiðablik in the Icelandic Premier League as a defensive midfielder. He is currently managing Vindbjart in the Norwegian Third Division. As a player, Gíslason was renowned for coupling physical power with great technique and is the younger brother of fellow international player Valur Gíslason. In 2017, Gíslason starting his career as manager at Haukar, where he resigned at the end of the season. Club career As a youngster he was on the roster of English giants Arsenal, but limited playing time saw him returning to KR Reykjavík on a loan deal. He later played for Strømsgodset, Grazer AK and Keflavík before joining Lyn in 2005. Stefán immediately made an impression, and was eventually made vice captain. While at Lyn he played 62 league games out of a possible 65, scoring eight goals. He was sold to Brøndby in July 2007 and in February 2008 repla ...
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