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Family of Benedikt SVEINSSON and Guðrún Sigríður PÉTURSDÓTTIR

Husband: Benedikt SVEINSSON

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Benedikt SVEINSSON

  • Name:

  • Benedikt SVEINSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Dec 2, 1877

  • Húsavík, Húsavíkursókn, Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 2-3)

  • Veitingahús, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland4

  • Residence:

  • 1890 (age 12-13)

  • Veitingahús, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Iceland5

  • Education:

  • 1901 (age 23-24)

  • graduated from Lærði skólinn ; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • 1901 (age 23-24)

  • Tímakennari í Barnaskóla Reykjavíkur. Stud. Phil; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1901 (age 23-24)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland6

  •  

  • Address: No 7 Þingvallastræti

    at Jakobína Jónsdóttir Thomsen house

  • Education:

  • 1902 (age 24-25)

  • degree in forensic science ; Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1908 to 1931 (age 30-54)

  • member of the Althingi; Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • 1910 (age 32-33)

  • Ritstjóri, alþingismaður; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • Employer Endurskoðandi, Landsbankans

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1914 to 1920 (age 36-43)

  • Reykjavík City Council (bæjarstjórn Reykjavíkur); Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1917 to 1918 (age 39-41)

  • fullveldisnefnd; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1918 to 1919 (age 40-42)

  • verðlagsnefnd; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1918 to 1920 (age 40-43)

  • President of the Icelandic Friends of the Nation

  • Occupation:

  • 1920 (age 42-43)

  • bankastjóri; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • leader in the independence movement in Iceland; Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • 1924 (age 46-47)

  • Elected to the Greenland Committee

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Served for many years as the Congress of the Icelandic Fisheries Association.

  • Occupation:

  • 1925 (age 47-48)

  • Interparliamentary Committee on Banking

  • Death:

  • Nov 16, 1954 (age 76)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

Wife: Guðrún Sigríður PÉTURSDÓTTIR

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Guðrún Sigríður PÉTURSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Guðrún Sigríður PÉTURSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Pétur KRISTINSSON (1852-1887)

  • Mother:

  • Ragnhildur ÓLAFSDÓTTIR (1854-1928)

  • Birth:

  • Nov 9, 1878

  • Engey, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1880 (age 1-2)

  • Engey, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland7

  • Residence:

  • 1890 (age 11-12)

  • Engey, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland8

  • Death:

  • Nov 23, 1963 (age 85)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

Child 1: Sveinn BENEDIKTSSON

  • Name:

  • Sveinn BENEDIKTSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • May 12, 1901

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 8-9)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland1

  •  

  • Address: 11 a við Skólavörðustíg

  • Occupation:

  • 1920 (age 18-19)

  • ??; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • Employer Stud .art.

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 18-19)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2

  •  

  • Address: Skólavst 11 a

  • Death:

  • Feb 12, 1979 (age 77)

  • Iceland3

Child 2: Pétur BENEDIKTSSON

  • Name:

  • Pétur BENEDIKTSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Dec 8, 1906

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 3-4)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland9

  •  

  • Address: Nr. 18 A við Laugaveg

  • Education:

  • 1920 (age 13-14)

  • Námsmaður; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • living with Bjarni Magnússon

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 13-14)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland10

  •  

  • Address: Laugaveg 66

  • Death:

  • Jun 29, 1969 (age 62)

  • Iceland3

Child 3: Bjarni BENEDIKTSSON

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Son: Bjarni BENEDIKTSSON

  • Name:

  • Bjarni BENEDIKTSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Sigríður BJÖRNSDÓTTIR (1919-1970)

  • Birth:

  • Apr 30, 1908

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 1-2)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland1

  •  

  • Address: 11 a við Skólavörðustíg

  • Occupation:

  • 1920 (age 11-12)

  • ??; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • Employer Stud. art.

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 11-12)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2

  •  

  • Address: Skólavst 11 a

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • þingismaður, ráðherra.; Iceland

  •  

  • Icelandic politician of the Independence Party

  • Occupation:

  • 1934 (age 25-26)

  • elected to the city council; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • member of the Independence Party

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1940 to 1947 (age 31-39)

  • mayor of Reykjavík; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • frm Feb 4, 1947 to Sep 11, 1953 (age 38-45)

  • Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland; Iceland

  • Life Event:

  • 1949 (age 40-41)

  • Iceland

  •  

  • Bjarni was mainly responsible for Iceland joining NATO in 1949. against significant opposition, and for giving the United States Air Force a lease on Keflavík Airport near Reykjavík, which was of major strategic importance during the Cold War . [1]

  • Occupation:

  • 1956 (age 47-48)

  • editor of Morgunblaðið, a leading conservative newspaper; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • 1959 (age 50-51)

  • Minister of Justice; Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • 1959 (age 50-51)

  • speaker of the Althing; Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • frm Nov 14, 1963 to Jul 10, 1970 (age 55-62)

  • forsætisráðherra (Prime Minister); Iceland

  • Education:

  •  

  • studied constitutional law and became a professor at the University of Iceland; Iceland

  • Death:

  • Jul 10, 1970 (age 62)

  • Þingvellir, Iceland3

  •  

  • Cause: fire at a government summer house at Þingvellir

    his wife and grandson also perished in the blaze.

Child 4: Kristjana BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Kristjana BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Lárus Þórarinn Haraldsson BLÖNDAL (1905-1999)

  • Birth:

  • Feb 10, 1910

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1910 (age 0)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland1

  •  

  • Address: 11 a við Skólavörðustíg

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 9-10)

  • hús H. Kr. Þorsteinss., Reykjavík, Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland11

  • Death:

  • Mar 17, 1955 (age 45)

  • Iceland3

Child 5: Ragnhildur BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Ragnhildur BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Aug 18, 1913

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 6-7)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2

  •  

  • Address: Skólavst 11 a

  • Residence:

  • 1930 (age 16-17)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  •  

  • Address: Skólavörðustíg 11 a

  • Death:

  • Aug 23, 1933 (age 20)

  • Iceland3

Child 6: Guðrún BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

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Daughter: Guðrún BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Guðrún BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Jóhannes Tómasson ZOËGA (1917-2004)

  • Birth:

  • Oct 10, 1919

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 0-1)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2

  •  

  • Address: Skólavst 11 a

  • Residence:

  • 1930 (age 10-11)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • Address: kólavörðustíg 11 a

  • Death:

  • Dec 15, 1996 (age 77)

  • Iceland3

Child 7: Ólöf BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

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Daughter: Ólöf BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Ólöf BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR13

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Guðjón Ásgeir KRISTINSSON (1918-1988)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Páll BJÖRNSSON (1918-1986)

  • Birth:

  • Oct 10, 1919

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland3

  • Residence:

  • 1920 (age 0-1)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland2

  •  

  • Address: Skólavst 11 a

  • Residence:

  • 1930 (age 10-11)

  • Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  •  

  • Address: Skólavörðustíg 11 a

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Menntaskólakennari; Reykjavíkurkaupstaður, Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • Dec 30, 2008 (age 89)

  • Skógarbær Nursing Home, Iceland3

Note on Husband: Benedikt SVEINSSON

He worked as a journalist and editor until 1915. In 1917 he became Landsbankinn's custodian and bank manager 1918-1921. In 1922 he was appointed publishing director of the history of the Althing. He was librarian at the National Library from 1931 and then archivist at the National Archives from 1941-1948. He published many Icelandic sagas for Sigurður Kristjánsson bookseller and wrote a number of newspaper and magazine articles on the history of Iceland, language, literature and various national languages.

Benedikt was a Member of Parliament for Norður-Þingeyingar 1908-1931, mostly for the Independence Party (senior) but from 1927 for the Progressive Party. He was the Speaker of the lower house of Althingi 1920-1930. He was a great fighter for Iceland's independence, but when the federal bill was passed in Althingi in 1918, he fought hard against its approval and was the only member of parliament in the lower house who voted against it, as he did not think it went far enough.

Sources

1.

Icelandic Census 1910. 11 a við Skólavörðustíg, Reykjavíkursókn, Reykjavík.

2.

Icelandic Census 1920. Skólavst 11 a, Reykjavíkurkaupstaður (31), Reykjavík.

3.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

4.

Icelandic Census 1880. Veitingahús, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla.

5.

Icelandic Census 1890. Veitingahús, Húsavíkursókn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla.

6.

Icelandic Census 1901. No 7 Þingvallastræti, Reykjavík IV, Reykjavíkurkaupstaður.

7.

Icelandic Census 1880. Engey, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla.

8.

Icelandic Census 1890. Engey, Reykjavíkursókn, Gullbringusýsla.

9.

Icelandic Census 1910. Nr. 18 A við Laugaveg, Reykjavíkursókn, Reykjavík.

10.

Icelandic Census 1920. Laugaveg 66, Reykjavíkurkaupstaður (30), Reykjavík.

11.

Ibid. hús H. Kr. Þorsteinss., Reykjavíkurkaupstaður (30), Reykjavík.

12.

timarit.is. https://timarit.is/page/1869326?iabr=on#page/n28/mode/1up.

13.

Morgunblaðið (Icelandic Newspaper), MBL.is. https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1263543/.