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Bjarni Vigfússon Thorarensen (December 30, 1786 – August 24, 1841) was an Icelandic poet and official. He was deputy governor of northern and eastern Iceland. As a poet he was influenced by classicism and romanticism. Politically he was aligned with the Fjölnismenn and favored the reestablishment of the Althing at Þingvellir. He was a friend of Jónas Hallgrímsson whose own poetry was influenced by Bjarni's work. A notable influence on Bjarni's writings was Sæmundur Hólm.[1]
Bjarni's best known work is Íslands minni, also known as Eldgamla Ísafold.
See also
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References
edit- Jónas Hallgrímsson: Bjarni Thorarensen Information on Jónas Hallgrímsson's elegy on Bjarni
- Bjarni Vigfússon Thórarensen Britannica article
- Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
External links
edit- Ljóð eftir Bjarna Thorarensen Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine Several of Bjarni's poems
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