Þorbjörg Guðrún Pálsdóttir (February 10, 1919, Reykjavík

Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...

 – November 11, 2009, Reykjavík) was an Iceland

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 sculptor. She is perhaps best known for her four green alien-like public statues Dansleikur/Dance in Reykjavík

Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...

, which she completed in 1970. Other works of note include Par (1994). She was a member of the Icelandic Sculptors Society

Icelandic Sculptors Society

The Icelandic Sculptors Society was established in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík in 1972 by Hallsteinn Sigurðsson, Jon Gunnar Árnason, Ragnar Kjartansson, Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir and others....

, which she established in the Icelandic capital in 1972 along with Hallsteinn Sigurðsson

Hallsteinn Sigurðsson

Hallsteinn Sigurðsson is an Icelandic sculptor and visual artist.He is noted for his Nordic god sculptures, some of which are located at the Laxá Power Station in the north central part of the country and are arranged in the facility’s tunnels and vaults...

, Jon Gunnar Árnason

Jón Gunnar Árnason

Jón Gunnar Árnason was an Icelandic sculptor.After studying at the University of Iceland Reykjavík Arts and Crafts from 1944 to 1946 and the School of Visual Arts, he graduated as an engineer from the Technical University of Reykjavik in 1952...

, Ragnar Kjartansson

Ragnar Kjartansson (sculptor)

Ragnar Kjartansson was an Icelandic sculptor. He was a member of the Icelandic Sculptors Society which he established in the Icelandic capital in 1972 along with Hallsteinn Sigurðsson, Jon Gunnar Árnason, Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir and others. He was also the founder of Glit, Ltd., the only ceramic...

 and others.

The daughter of Pál Ólafsson and Hilda Stefánsdóttir, she married physician Andrés Ásmundsson (1916–2006) on 6 August 1942. They had five children and two adopted children, 18 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She attended the Commercial College of Iceland and studied photography at Reykjavík Technical College and also studied in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

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Works by Þorbjörg are owned by various institutions, including the Icelandic National Gallery and Reykjavík Art Museum

Reykjavik Art Museum

Reykjavik Art Museum is the largest visual art institution in Iceland. It occupies three locations in Reykjavík; in Harbour House by the old harbour at Kjarvalsstaðir by Klambratún and in Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum in Laugardalur...

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Sources

• Leifur Þorsteinsson, Ernir Snorrason, and Jóhann Eyfells. Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir myndhöggvari. Reykjavík: Listhüs, 1983. OCLC 63345079