The Icelandic Canadian - 01.09.1968, Blaðsíða 12

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Autumn 1968
Halldora Eldjarn, Wife of the President of Iceland
ation) 1956, Stakir steinar, to If minja-
jraettir 1961, and Hundraff ar i PjoS-
minjasafni 1962.
In addition to the books listed above,
Dr. Eldjarn has written introductions
to books on Iceland in languages other
than Icelandic. As an example, men-
tion may be made of Ancient Iceland-
ic Art. with an introduction and pic-
ture-text by Kristjan Eldjarn, Mun-
chen 1957. Only recently he con-
tributed to the famous book The Vi-
king which was published in Sweden
in 1966 and has now appeared in sever-
al languages. Then he has served ed-
itorially and frequently contributed to
the well known encyclopedic series
Kulturhistorisk Leksikon for nordisk
middelalder fra vikingetid til refor-
mationstid. Last, but by no means
least, it must be mentioned that since
1949 Dr. Eldjarn has served as editor
of the highly reputable journal Arbok
Hins islenzka fornleifafelags (The An-
nual Publications of the Icelandic
Archeological Society), a journal con-