Brief Life History of Olauf
When Olauf Bjarnasson was born on 28 April 1825, in Dyrhólar, Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Southern, Iceland, her father, Bjarni Gudmundsson, was 24 and her mother, Karitas Olafsdottir, was 25. She married Magnus Jonsson on 12 May 1846, in Höfðabrekka, Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, Southern, Iceland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters.
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Sources (6)
- Oluf Biarnadr, "Iceland, Marriages, 1770-1920"
- Olof Biarnadr in entry for Setcelia Magnusson, "Iceland, Baptisms, 1730-1905"
- Olof Bjarnadr in entry for Vilborg Magnusson, "Iceland, Baptisms, 1730-1905"
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1843
A new constitution is given to Iceland by the Danish King Christian IX.
1843
In Iceland a nationalist movement re-established the Althing.
1904
Iceland won home rule.
Name Meaning
from an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements anu ‘ancestor’ + leifr ‘heir, descendant’. St Olaf , King of Norway ( 995–1030 ), aided the spread of Christianity in his kingdom. The name was introduced to Britain before the Norman Conquest, but modern use as a given name in the English-speaking world originated in America, where it was taken by recent Scandinavian immigrants.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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