Sigfús Eymundsson (1837–1911) was an

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 regi ...

photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs. Duties and types of photograp ...

and bookseller. He practiced

bookbinding Bookbinding is the process of building a book, usually in codex format, from an ordered stack of paper sheets with one's hands and tools, or in modern publishing, by a series of automated processes. Firstly, one binds the sheets of papers alon ...

from a young age and in 1857 he went to Copenhagen to study the profession. In 1861 he went to Norway where he studied photography. He then operated a studio in Copenhagen for a year and a half before moving back to Iceland in 1866. In 1867 he opened the first commercial studio in Reykjavík. He also founded the Eymundsson bookstore and published a number of books.

References

*Inga Lára Baldvinsdóttir. "Iceland", ''Photography Encyclopedia''. http://www.answers.com/topic/iceland?cat=travel *"Sigfús Eymundsson bóksali", ''Óðinn'', March 1907. http://www.timarit.is/?issueID=302351&pageSelected=0&lang=0 {{DEFAULTSORT:Eymundsson, Sigfus 1837 births 1911 deaths Sigfus Eymundsson