Lögberg-Heimskringla - 01.06.1979, Blaðsíða 5

Lögberg-Heimskringla, föstndagnr 1. .júní, 1979
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♦ In the middle of May, there was a snow storm in north-
♦ ern Iceland with temperatures below the freezing level.
♦ Although the weather was not quite so severe in
♦ Reykjavik, even that city suffered from cold and windy
♦ weather. So it would appear that summer is late in
4 coming ail over the globe ...
. . . The officers of the Icelandic Trade Fleet went on
strike in late April. At the time of writing, some 30
ships still lay in harbour at Reykjavik and many oth-
ers sat idle at other centres. . .
. .. A young Icelandic mus- ♦
ican, Einar Johannesson, is ♦
one of six recipients of the ♦
well-known Leonie Sonn- ♦
ing grant. The grant is ♦
made only to those music- ♦
ians with great talent and ♦
involves a great deal of ♦
travel within the Nordic ♦
countries. Einar is a clarin- . ♦
etist... ♦
Einar Jóhannesson
4 ... The book “Paradisarheimt”, written by Nobel Prize
4 winner Halldor Laxness, (who is also the author of our
♦ serial in this paper), will be filmed in Iceland in late
4 June. The script will take the actors to a least 40 diff-
4 erent locations in Iceland, as well as some sites in
4 Scotland and the United States. The film is under the
4 direction of German director Rolf Hadrich . ..
.. . Although sailing is not a very common sport in Ice- ^
land, it has grown in popularity over the past few $
years. Many have tried it, although blowing winds and $
high seas often make it a difficult sport for would-be ^
participants. ♦
A LETTER

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The Editor
Dear Sir:
The Canadian Society for
Education through Art is
now working on a major
project that will aim at est-
ablishing a permanent art
collection representing the
work of young Canadians be
tween the ages of six and 19.
To build our collection we
are asking the public for
contributions of two-dimens-
ional artworks, that is:
paintmgs, drawings, prints
and sketches, from all areas
of Canada and from all de-
cades in Canadian history.
Each item in the collection
will be photographed and
mounted for display. Any
part of this collection will
be available, for the cost of
shipping, to galleries and
museums, community and
charitable organizations, to
educational associations or
researchers in child art.
We ask that each example
be documented with such in-
SKÁLDA- OG HAGYRÐINGA TAL,
ANNAR VIÐAUKI
Eins og áður var sagt, mætti
lengi telja þá sem einhvern-
tíma á æfinni hafa sett sam-
an vísu, eina eða fleiri. Sum-
ar urðu fleygar bæja og
jafnvel byggða á milli hér
fyr á árum. Nokkrar geymd
ust í minnum manna eða
komust á prent, aðrar
gleymdust eða tíndust. Marg
ir voru duiir a frumorr, Ijoo,
kannske létu eitthvað falla i
samtölum kunningjum til
skemmtunar, eða hripuðu
stöku í lok sendibréís. Ekki
má kalla þá alla skáld, en
hvar skal svo draga línu
milli skálda og hagyrðinga?
Einstaklingar dæma hver
íyrir sig gildi ljóða.
Margra hefur nú verið get
ið, þ.á.m. Ragnars Stefáns-
sonar. Bróðir hans, Gunn-
björn Stefánsson var líka
vel hagmæltur.
Þá eru bræðurnir Páll S.
Páisson (Norður-Reykir,
Skilarett, Eftirleit), Kristján
Pálsson (Kvæðabók), og Jón
as Pálsson (hans ljóð birt
undir nafninu “Túöesen”).
Böðvar H. Jakobsson var
áður nel'ndur. Bróðir hans,
Helgi Jakobsson, var ágætur
hagyrðingur, einnig bróðir
A low farc and
a stoixner in lcdand?
PufTms think that is
a míghty good deal.
Now you can take advantage of our $18* a day stopover tours
of Iceland while you’re taking advantage of our low APEX fare
fromNewYork, Chicago, or BaltimoreAVashington to Great
Britain or Scandinavia. And $18* is a small price to pay to visit one
of the most interesting countries in the world.
Iceland is a land of volcanoes, Viking museums, glaciers,
geysers, concerts, art shows, duty-free shopping and hot-spring
pools. And it’s all yours for 1 to 3 days for just $18*a day.
That price includes room with bath/shower at the first class
Hotel Loftleidir, transfers between hotel and airport, sightseeing
trips and two meals daily.
So on your next trip to Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Great
Britain, why not stop over in Iceland for a few days? Pufhns
highly recommend that you do so. And Puffins are never wrong.
For further information see your travel agent or contact
Icelandic Airlines, P.O. Box 105, West Hempstead, NY11552.
Phone 212-757-8585 (New York City only) or call 800-555-1212
for the toll-free number in your area.
Trices in effect Apr. 1 thrii
Oct. 31 and subject to cliange.
IŒLANDAIR
ICELANDIC
TO EUROPE
formation as the artist’s
name, address, the date, title
ethnic background (if relev-
ant), place artwork was
done and media used. All ex-
amples will become the pro-
perty of the C.S.E.A. at the
University of Victoria, in
B.C.
It is not possible to include
three-dimensional exampies
or bulky craft items, bút
good photographs would be
most welcome. Please
mail contributions to:
Child Art
Box 1700
Victoria, B.C.
V8W 2Y2
A letter of acknowledgement
will be sent. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Leona M. Cole
Project Manager.
Guðm. O. Einarssonar, Sig-
ursteinn Einarsson. Sigur-
steinn varð ungur að árum
spönsku veikinni að bráð.
Þá má telja: Jón Stefáns-
son (Ljoð og Saga); Jóhan-
nes H. Húnfjörð (Omar);
Kristin Hansdóttir (Kristín
ar Fró); Ásta Oddson og
bróðir hennar Dr. Kristján
J. Austmann (Poems for
Pleasure). Faðir þeirra var
Jón Ólafsson, skáld og rit-
stjóri; Friðrik P. Sigurðsson
(Römm er sú taug); Sveinn
Björnsson áður nefndur, er
þar átt við Dr. Svein E.
Björnsson (Á Heiðarbrún) ?
Aðrir sem hafa látið bund
ið mál frá sér fara: (af
Kyrrahafsströnd, Vatna-
byggðarbúar, frá Nýja ís-
landi, Winnipeg og víðar að)
Jóhann P. Sólmundsson; Vil-
hjálmur Stefánsson; Bogi
Bjarnason; Ásgeir Gislason;
Jakob og Jóhann Norman;
Rósmundur Árnason; Valdi-
mar Pálsson; Jón Magnús-
son; Gunnar Erlendsson;
Guðmundur Elíasson; Pálmi
Lárusson (dóttursonur Bólu
Hjálmars); Björn Hjöi’leifs-
son; Anna Nordal; Gunnar
Sæmundsson; Björn Bjarna-
son; Sigurður Wopnford;
Valdimar Jóhannesson;
Magnús Einarsson (frá Mið-
húsum); Þorsteinn Boi’g-
fjörð; Franklin Johnson;
systurnar Stefanía Halldórs-
son, Sigrún LaVergne og
Albertina Benson (dætur
Baldvins Halldórssonar);
Þorsteinn Kristjánsson; Dr.
Jóhannes P. Pálsson; Guð-
mundur Jónasson (N. Dak);
Þórarinn Gíslason; Gunn-
laugur Holm; Gestur Jó-
hannsson; Ragnheiður Dav-
íðsson.
Þessi hafa ort á ensku: —
Paul Sigurdson; Albert Hali-
dorson; Frank Olson; Caro-
iine Gunnarsson; W.D. Val-
gardson; Stella Johnson;
Elma Gislason; Kristiana
Magnusson; Freda Bjorn;
Helen Swinburne.
Án efa fleiri, bæti aðrir
við.
A Sigvaldason.
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