Background
Helgi was born on September 25, 1896 in Vatnseyri, Patreksfjörður, Iceland.
Helgi was born on September 25, 1896 in Vatnseyri, Patreksfjörður, Iceland.
He was a physician at Kleppspítali psychiatric hospital from 1929, when the new building came into use, to his death on August 2, 1958. From 1938 to 1958, he served as Chief Scout of the scouting organisation Bandalag íslenskra skáta.