Background
He was born at Reykhólar in western Iceland on October 5, 1818.
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He was born at Reykhólar in western Iceland on October 5, 1818.
He studied law at the university of Copenhagen.
He entered the Danish army as volunteer in 1848 in the war against the insurgents of Schleswig and Holstein, who were aided by Prussia and the other German States. He went back to Iceland in 1850, became sheriff (syslumabur) of Barðastrandarsýsla, and later in Borgarfjarðarsýsla, where he died in 1868. Jonas Hallgrimsson had led the way by his short stories, but the earliest veritable Icelandic novel was Jon Thoroddsen's Piltur og Stúlka (" Lad and Lass "), a charming picture of Icelandic country life. Still better is Maður og Kona (" Man and Wife "), published after his death by the Icelandic Literary Society. His poems, mostly satirical, are deservedly popular; he follows Jonas Hallgrimsson closely in his style, although he cannot reach him in lyrical genius.
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