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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Vol. 58 #3
Contributors
FRED ANDERSON lives in Edmonton, AB formerly from Andersons
Corner, Libau, Manitoba. Fred began writing poetry, painting and sketching
about eight years ago to occupy his retirement time. Fie is the son of Asdis
Anderson and the late Thorsteinn Andres Anderson.
ANN BRYDON is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier
University, in Waterloo Canada. Her current writing engages with modernity and
modernism in Iceland, including the cultural politics of the whaling issue. She also
has written about Winnipeg-based artists Eleanor Bond and William Eakin. With
Sandra Niessen she co-edited Consuming Fashion: Adorning the Transnational
Body (Berg 1998).
CHESTER DONALDSON was born in Bowsman, Manitoba in 1923, the sec-
ond child of Hilliard and Gudrun (Danielson). After doing eight grades in public
school, and one by correspondence, he worked with his father on the farm. In 1944
he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and later transferred to the army, where he
earned his paratrooper wings. He, with his wife Marion, moved to northern
Ontario and helped some struggling churches. They also founded and built
Northland Bible Camp where thousands of children and adults have enjoyed the
programme. Fie describes his life in an autobiography, A Kernel oi Wheat.
DAVID JON FULLER is a Winnipeg-based freelance writer. His work has
appeared in Logberg-Heimskringla, The Icelandic Canadian, and Prairie Books
Now, and he is a regular contributor to Uptown magazine and is employed at
Logberg-Heimskringla.
NELSON GERRARD teaches in Arborg, Manitoba, and makes his home at
“Eyrarbakki” near Hnausa, on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. Educated in both
Manitoba and Iceland, he has a background in history, art, genealogy, and writing,
with a special interest in the story of the Icelandic immigrants in North America.
He has published Icelandic River Saga and The Icelandic Heritage and is currently
working on Silent Flashes: Our Photographic Heritage (1870-1910) and Gimlunga
Saga Fill.
KRISTINE JOHNSON has always been interested in music. She has worked
with or has been teaching musical groups for years. In recent years she has
accompanied and helped to direct the Soley Songmenn from Arborg.
KRISTIN STEFANSSON is a home economicas teacher who enjoys curling,
playing volleyball, sewing, cross country skiing, traveling, and creating movies for
enjoyment and my education. She have visited many parts of North America,
Cuba, several European countries, and has cycle toured in Ireland, Holland,
Belgium and France. Genealogy and family connections are important to her.