Mímir. Icelandic institutions with adresses - 15.12.1903, Blaðsíða 22
12 IN ICELAND
Hansen, Morten; educationalist, director of the Common
School; Reykjavik.
Author of several elementary manuals for the lower schools, and of a small
map of Iceland.
Helgason, the Rev. Jon; docent at the Theological school;
Reykjavik.
Editor of the religious journal, “Verdi ljos.”
Hjaltalin, Jon Andresson; rector of the North-Icelandic
High-school; Akureyri.
Author of an English grammar and reader, and of English-Icelandic and Ice-
landic-English dictionaries; translator of works by Swedenborg; co-translator of
“The Orkneyingasaga” (1873) into English.
Hj orleifsson, Einar; novelist, journalist; Akureyri.
Author of “Vonir” (1890), of several other novels, and of a collection of poems
(1893); editor of the weekly “Nordurland.”
Holm, Mrs. Torfhildur; novelist; Reykjavik.
Author of “Brynjolfur Sveinsson’’ (1882) and other historical romances; editor
of various periodicals.
Jensson, Bjorn; mathematician, astronomer; teacher in the
College of Iceland; Reykjavik.
Author of “Stjornufraedi” (1889), an astronomical manual.
Jensson, J6n; one of the justices of the Supreme Court of
Iceland; Reykjavik.
Co-editor of a “Lagasafn handa alfjydu” (4 vols., 1886—1900).
Jochumsson, the Rev. Matthias; poet; Akureyri.
Author of a great number of poems, a complete collection of which is now
appearing (I. 1903); of dramas, the chief ones, perhaps, being “Utilegumenn-
irnir’’ (1864) and “Jon Arason” (1900); translator of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and
Juliet” (1887), “Hamlet” (1878), “Othello” (1882) and “Macbeth” (1874), of By-
ron’s “Manfred” (1875), of Ibsen’s “Brand” (1898), ofTegner’s “Frithiofs saga
(2d ed., 1884), and of many other foreign poetical works.
Jonassen, Jonas, M.D.; surgeon-general of Iceland; Reykjavik.
Author of “Laekningabok” (1886), and various hygienical and medical treatises.
Jonasson, Hermann; agriculturist; Thingeyrar, Hunavatns-
sysla.
Author of many treatises on agriculture and household economy; formerly
editor of the periodical “Biinadarrit.”