The Icelandic connection - 01.03.2018, Page 9

Vol. 70 #1
ICELANDIC CONNECTION
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PHOTO: LORNATERGESEN
Iceland to Create a Replica
K.N. Julius Monument
By Sunna Furstenau
Near the birthplace of our beloved poet, K.N .Julius, a replica
memorial will be created. A committee of interested
people has been formed and they are working on this project.
Akureyri celebrated their 150th birthday the summer of 2017
during the last weekend of August. The launch of the project
occured during that weekend.
Kristjan Niels Jonsson Julius (1859-1936), a satirical poet,
was born near Akureyri, Iceland to Jon Jonsson and Eorunn
Kristjansdottir. His father was a blacksmith. K.N. or Kainn
(pronounced like ‘Cow-En’) as he was known at the time, left
Eyjafjbrdur in 1878. K.N's older brother, Jon Julius Jonsson,
had left in 1876. Two of his younger sisters came to America
in later years
Their mother died when K.N. was 14 years and
afterwards, he lived with his uncle, David Kristjasson.