Oddur Einarsson

Ármann Jakobsson (University of Iceland)

Ed. by Ármann Jakobsson, University of Iceland
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.3.4: Icelandic Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Ármann Jakobsson (University of Iceland), Sven Hakon Rossel (Universitat Wien), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London)

Dates

Born 31 Aug 1559
Died 28 Dec 1630

Places

Born in Iceland
Active in Iceland

Activities

Primary

Prose writer
Religious leader

Resources

Einarsson's Works

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Oddur Einarsson was a scholar and religious leader, born in Möðruvallasel close to the Hólar diocese on 31 August 1559. His father was the famous religious poet Einar Sigurðsson in Nes in Aðaldal, and Oddur was his oldest son by his first wife. His much younger brother was poet and priest Ólafur Einarsson of Kirkjubær, whose son was the poet Stefán Ólafsson. Oddur’s parents were impoverished at the time of his birth and it was probably only through connections with the

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at Möðruvellir monastery and Guðbrandur Þorláksson, headmaster at Hólar and later bishop of Hólar, that young Oddur received an education.

Oddur was educated at Hólar and went to study in Copenhagen from 1583 to 1585. Among other things, he studied mathematics and astronomy and is known to

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Citation: Jakobsson, Ármann. "Oddur Einarsson". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 January 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14818, accessed 18 January 2025.]