Matthías Jochumsson (11 November 1835 – 18 November 1920) was an Icelandic Lutheran clergyman, poet, playwright, and translator. He is best known for...
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Sveinbjörnsson composed the music, while the lyrics were authored by Matthías Jochumsson. It was adopted as the national anthem in 1944, when the country...
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boat capsized in Breiðafjörður off the north-west coast of Iceland. Matthías Jochumsson wrote a commemorative poem titled "Eggert Ólafsson" in his honour...
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Jónas Hallgrímsson, pioneers of the Romantic movement in Iceland; Matthías Jochumsson, author of Iceland's national anthem; Þorsteinn Erlingsson, lyricist;...
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Renaissance Matthías Jochumsson, Icelandic poet Matthias Lechner, German film art director Matthias Paul (actor), German actor Matthias Schoenaerts,...
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is "Ó Guð vors lands" (English: "Our Country's God"), written by Matthías Jochumsson, with music by Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson. The song was written in...
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recipient. The national anthem of Iceland is Lofsöngur, written by Matthías Jochumsson, with music by Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson. Iceland's largest television...
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chiefly by Grímur Thomsen (1820–96), who wrote many heroic poems and Matthías Jochumsson (1835–1920), who wrote many plays that are considered the beginning...
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(1867–1938, Wales, p) Elizabeth Jocelin (c. 1595–1622, England, nf) Matthías Jochumsson (1835–1920, Iceland, p/d/nf) Étienne Jodelle (1532–1573, France,...
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author, suffragist and magazine founder (born 1840) December 18 – Matthías Jochumsson, Icelandic poet, playwright and translator (born 1835) December 24...
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Yohanna Þeyr The national anthem of Iceland is "Lofsöngur", written by Matthías Jochumsson, with music by Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson. The song, in the form of...
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Gíslason, Tómas Sæmundsson and Brynjólfur Pétursson. 11 November: Matthías Jochumsson, Lutheran clergyman, poet, playwright. "Frederik 6. | lex.dk". Dansk...
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of much of the medieval Icelandic saga Gull-Þóris saga. The poet Matthías Jochumsson was born on the farm Skógar in Þorskafjörður in 1835. Hofstaðir Kinnarstaðir...
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Ferenc Erkel "Himnusz" 1m 41s Iceland "Lofsöngur" ("Hymn") 1944 Matthías Jochumsson Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson "Lofsöngur" 1m 39s India "Jana Gana Mana"...
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Mary Croker, Richard Dehmel, Paul Ferrier, Mary Evelyn Hitchcock, Matthías Jochumsson, Amanda Kerfstedt, Haralamb Lecca, Alexandru Macedonski, Alexius...
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November – Sæmundur Gíslason, footballer (d. 2003) 18 November – Matthías Jochumsson, poet, playwright and translator (b. 1835) "Jón Kristjánsson". sports-reference...
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Charlotte Mary Yonge – A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands Matthías Jochumsson – Útilegumennirnir (The Outlaws) Aleksis Kivi Kullervo (published...
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Jóhannes Kjarval sketch the cave murals. The Icelandic poet and priest, Matthías Jochumsson held a mass in one of the caves known as Kirkjuhellir or Church-cave...
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November 2 – Louise Imogen Guiney, 59, American-born poet November 18 – Matthías Jochumsson, 85, Icelandic lyric poet, playwright, translator and pastor December...
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are commemorated with busts within the garden. Another bust honors Matthias Jochumsson, the clergyman and poet who wrote the Icelandic national anthem....
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Australian June 29 – Celia Thaxter (died 1894), American November 11 – Matthías Jochumsson (died 1920), Icelandic lyric poet, playwright, translator and pastor...
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Páll Ólafsson 1827 – 1905 Steingrímur Thorsteinsson 1831 – 1913 Matthías Jochumsson 1835 – 1920 Stephan G. Stephansson 1853 – 1927 Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson...
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project on the land of its endowment, (containing the birthplace of Matthias Jochumsson and see above in 1964.) In 1986 Baháʼí Icelandic youth published...
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(the only official King of Iceland (1918–1944)(as Kristján X)) 1935 Matthias Jochumsson 1937 King Christian X 1941 Snorri Sturluson 700th Anniversary of...
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Translation, Notes, and Glossary (in Icelandic and English), vol. II Jochumsson, Matthías; Magnússon, Eirikr, eds. (1885), Minningarljód eftir Brynjólf Benediktsen...
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