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
Althing
The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme Parliament, national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ('Thing (assembly), thing ...
at
Þingvellir
Þingvellir (, anglicised as ThingvellirThe spelling ''Pingvellir'' is sometimes seen, although the letter "p" is unrelated to the letter thorn (letter), "þ" (thorn), which is pronounced as "th".) was the site of the Althing, Alþing, the annual ...
. 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''.
See also
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List of Icelandic writers
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Icelandic literature
References
Jónas Hallgrímsson: Bjarni ThorarensenInformation on Jónas Hallgrímsson's elegy on Bjarni
Bjarni Vigfússon ThórarensenBritannica article
''Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias''
External links
Ljóð eftir Bjarna Thorarensen Several of Bjarni's poems
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Bjarni Thorarensen
1786 births
1841 deaths
Bjarni Thorarensen
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