Þórir Bergsson

Oddur Pálsson (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), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Sven Hakon Rossel (Universitat Wien), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London)

Dates

Born 23 Aug 1885
Died 14 Nov 1970

Places

Active in Iceland

Activities

Primary

Financier
Novelist
Poet
Story-writer

Resources

Bergsson's Works

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Þórir Bergsson is the pseudonym of Þorsteinn Jónsson, a banker and Icelandic writer. Þorsteinn was born in 1885 in Hvammur, one of the highest and northernmost farms in Borgarfjörður. Hvammur was a parish and Þorsteinn’s father was the parish priest. Þorsteinn’s younger brother Magnús became a professor of theology and later an influential politician and cabinet minister. When Þorsteinn was three years old, the family, including his mother and younger brother, moved to Mælifell in Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. Þorsteinn’s father was a popular priest in the area, but also an enterprising farmer. He had a large book collection from which his sons must have benefited, but this was not very common in Iceland at the time. Þorsteinn and his brother did not attend…

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Citation: Pálsson, Oddur. "Þórir Bergsson". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 February 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15200, accessed 21 February 2025.]