Jónas Kristjánsson
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Jónas Kristjánsson is an Iceland
ic scholar and novelist. He is a former longtime director of the Árni Magnússon Institute, from which he retired upon reaching the age limit on the position in 1994. He is best known for his works on Icelandic sagas, laying emphasis on their literary nature and working on several stylistic and syntactic problems. His novel, The Wide World, is set in Viking age North America. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
ic scholar and novelist. He is a former longtime director of the Árni Magnússon Institute, from which he retired upon reaching the age limit on the position in 1994. He is best known for his works on Icelandic sagas, laying emphasis on their literary nature and working on several stylistic and syntactic problems. His novel, The Wide World, is set in Viking age North America. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway.-History:The University of Oslo was established in 1811. The idea of a learned society in Christiania surfaced for the first time in 1841. The city of Throndhjem had no university, but had a learned...
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