The Icelandic Canadian - 01.08.2001, Qupperneq 45

Vol. 56 #3
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Contributors
ROBERT ASGEIRSSON now retired from film and television production, is pursuing inter-
ests in publishing and database development in White Rock, B.C.
PETER BJORNSON is a History teacher at Gimli High School and he is also an elected
councillor for the Town of Gimli. He was nominated for the Governor-General's Award of
Excellence for Teaching in the year 2000. Peter and his wife have two young sons.
SEAN BONSER was born in Oakville Ontario and now resides in Lake Forest IL. Sean has
been published once before nationally, not for his writing but for discovery. He discovered a rare
pink katydid and an article was published in the Chicago's Museum of Natural Science magazine.
His interests, hobbies and activities are: science, comedy, hiking, skiing, scuba diving, surfing and
Boy Scouts.
DAVID JON FULLER is a writer based in Winnipeg. He studied theatre at the University of
Winnipeg, and Icelandic at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik. Currently, he works for
Blizzard Publishing and Logberg-FIeimskringla, and serves on the boards of both the Manitoba
Writers’ Guild and Staccato Publishing.
SVAVAR GESTSSON served as Consul General for Iceland to Canada from 1999 to 2001.
Svavar and his wife, Gudrun Agustsdottir, have taken up residence in Sweden, where he will be the
Ambassador. The Canadian Icelandic community will miss Svavar and Gudrun very much.
SIGRID JOHNSON is the Librarian of the Icelandic Collection at the Elizabeth Dafoe
Library on the University of Manitoba Campus. She is the President of the Icelandic National
League. In 2000, she received the Order of the Falcon, for her work in the community.
FRANK SIGURDSON is a son of Jon Sigurdsson and Sigrun Sigvaldadottir of Vidir,
Manitoba. He has a B.A., M.ed. and a M.A. in History, from the University of Manitoba. He is a
retired School Principal from the Winniperg School Division No. I.
ALLAN SWENSON is a Norse American writer, newspaper columnist with 25-plus years
experience and the author of 50 published books. He is also a national magazine feature writer.
LEN AND KAREN VOPNFJORD left from Victoria, although they have deep Manitoba
roots. Both Len & Karen enjoy singing and have entertained the Icelandic community often.