Bjarni Vigfússon Thorarensen (December 30, 1786 – August 24, 1841) was an Icelandic poet and official. He was deputy governor of northern and eastern Iceland. As a poet he was influenced by classicism and romanticism. Politically he was aligned with the Fjölnismenn and favored the reestablishment of the

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. He was a friend of Jónas Hallgrímsson whose own poetry was influenced by Bjarni's work. A notable influence on Bjarni's writings was Sæmundur Hólm. Bjarni's best known work is ''Íslands minni'', also known as ''Eldgamla Ísafold''.

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Jónas Hallgrímsson: Bjarni Thorarensen
Information on Jónas Hallgrímsson's elegy on Bjarni
Bjarni Vigfússon Thórarensen
Britannica article
''Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias''

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Ljóð eftir Bjarna Thorarensen
Several of Bjarni's poems ` Bjarni Thorarensen Bjarni Thorarensen 1786 births 1841 deaths Bjarni Thorarensen {{Iceland-writer-stub

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