Jón Halldórsson of Stóruvellir and his reading circle : Readings in the farming community in Iceland around 1870

• Main Author: Brágason, Úlfar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Islands universitet 2016
• Subjects: informal education; readings; private libraries; reading society; Languages and Literature; Språk och litteratur; Grenjaðarstaður; Mývatn; Neslönd; Iceland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-310200

Jón Halldórsson (1838–1919) was born at Neslönd by Lake Mývatn, North Iceland. He was a farm hand at Grenjaðarstaður and Stóruvellir, North Iceland, before he emigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1872. He settled in Nebraska in 1875 as a farmer. Jón Halldórsson died in Chicago in 1919. Jón Halldórs...