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who succeeded in establishing orderly conditions
inspired confidence and comphance in the farm-
ers. If he failed, he was in danger of losing pres-
tige and followers, who might think themselves
better off with another chieftain.
VIEWPOINT (SJÓNARHÓLL)
Margrét S. Björnsdóttir
The political party system in upheaval?
(Er tíðinda að vænta af íslensku flokkakerfi?)
What are the real chances that the three political
parties on the left of Icelandic politics could unite
to form one powerful, social-democratic party?
The author discusses this recurrent theme in
Icelandic pohtics, its historical background and
recent developments. She argues that the condi-
tions for such a merger have never been as ripe as
now and predicts a major shake-up along these
lines preceding the next general elections in 1999,
which will mark a turning-point in the history of
the political party system in Iceland.
Már Jónsson
Arni Magnússon’s fínal years
(Síðustu misseri Arna Magnússonar)
Árni Magnússon, collector of manuscripts and
professor of history at the University of
Copenhagen (1663-1730), spent the last years of
his life preparing his vast collection for later use,
without ceasing, however, to expand it. He had
manuscripts bound and ordered according to con-
temporary ideas of genre and importance.
Unfortunately, he did not make a catalogue of his
belongings, which included some two thousand
manuscripts and over ten thousand documents
and transcripts of documents. A good deal perish-
ed in the Great Fire in Copenhagen in October
1728, and Árni lived only for fourteen months
after that. An eye-witness account of his death
does not clearly reveal its cause.
The fírst Icelandic History Congress
(íslenska söguþingið)
In the spring 1997 the first Icelandic History
Congress was held in Reykjavík, featuring almost
80 lectures on a wide variety of topics. A great
number of historians and history teachers partici-
pated in the congress. A few of the participants
were asked to express their opinions to this jour-
nal, and their contribution is introduced by a fore-
word from the organizers.
Myndaskrá
Uppruni mynda og heimildir myndatexta
Jón Ólafsson
I læri hjá Komintern
Mynd 1 (bls. 4). Forsætisnefnd Kominterns á öðru
þingi sambandsins. Úr Pax Leksikon. Bind 3, H-Ks
(Oslo, 1979), bls. 453.
Mynd 2 (bls. 5). Fimm Islendingar í Moskvu. Úr
Kommúnistahreyfingin á íslandi 1921-1934 eftir Þór
Whitehead (Reykjavík, 1979), á myndasíðu milli bls.
64-65.
Mynd 3 (bls. 5). Nikolai Búkharín. Úr Bukharin and
the Bolshevik Revolution eftir Stephen F. Cohen
(Oxford, 1980), á myndasíðu.
Mynd 4 (bls. 6). Hendrik Ottósson. Úr Vor í verum
eftir Jón Rafnsson (Reykjavík, 1957), bls. 34.
Mynd 5 (bls. 6). Eggert Þorbjarnarson. Ljósm.:
Sigurður Guðmundsson.
Mynd 6 (bls. 7). Bréf Hendriks Ottóssonar til
Kominterns. Ljósm.: Jón Ólafsson.
Mynd 7 (bls. 8). Otto Kuusinen. Úr Pax Leksikon.
Bind 4, Ku-N (Oslo, 1980), bls. 27.
Mynd 8 (bls. 8). Jósef Stalín. Úr Rússland undir
hamri og sigð. Sovétríkin 1917-1967 (Akureyri,
1967), bls. 94.
Mynd 9 (bls. 9). Lenín og félagar á Rauðatorginu.
Úr Pax Leksikon. Bind 4, Ku-N (Oslo, 1980),
bls. 145.
Mynd 10 (bls. 9). Andrés Straumland.
Úr Vor í verum, bls. 60.
Mynd 11 (bls. 10). Þóroddur Guðmundsson.
Úr Vor í verum, bls. 196.
Mynd 12 (bls. 10). Eyjólfur Árnason. Úr Kraftaverk
einnar kynslóðar eftir Einar Olgeirsson og Jón
Guðnason (Reykjavík, 1983), bls. 197.
Mynd 13 (bls. 11). Norskt þorp á Kólaskaga.
Úr Pomor. Nord-Norge og Nord-Russland gjennom
tusen ár. Ritstjóri Einar Niemi (Oslo, án útgáfuárs),
bls. 71.
Mynd 14 (bls. 11). Brynjólfur Bjarnason.
Úr Vor í verum, bls. 79.
Mynd 15 (bls. 12). Jens Figved.
Úr Vor í verum, bls. 149.
Mynd 16 (bls. 12). Dýrleif Árnadóttir. Úr Veistu, ef
þú vin átt. Minningar Aðalheiðar Hólm Spans eftir
Þorvald Kristinsson (Reykjavík, 1994), á myndasíðu
aftast í bókinni.
Mynd 17 (bls. 12). Hallgrímur Hallgrímsson.
Úr Vor í verum, bls. 80.
Mynd 18 (bls. 13). Andrés Straumland og Lilja
Halblaub. Úr Kraftaverk einnar kynslóðar, bls. 190.
Mynd 19 (bls. 13). Eggert Þorbjarnarson heldur
ræðu. Úr Vor í verum, bls. 81.
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