Vilhjalmur Holmar Vilhjalmsson

Brief Life History of Vilhjalmur Holmar

When Vilhjalmur Holmar Vilhjalmsson was born on 11 April 1945, in Iceland, his father, Vilhjalmur Hinrik Ívarsson, was 45 and his mother, Hólmfrídur Oddsdóttir, was 38. He died on 28 March 1978, in Luxembourg, at the age of 32.

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Vilhjalmur Holmar Vilhjalmsson
1945–1978
Kristrun Kirry Halldorsdottir
1946–2003

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    World Events (3)

    1948

    Luxembourg abandons its neutrality. Forms an economic union with Belgium and the Netherlands.

    1948

    Luxembourg abandons its neutrality. Luxembourg joins NATO.

    1957

    Luxembourg becomes founder member of the European Economic Community, which comes into effect in January 1958. The EEC is a fore-runner of the European Union.

    Name Meaning

    English (southern): topographic name for a ‘dweller in a hollow’, from hol + man (Old English holh + mann). Compare Holler and Hole .

    Dutch: habitational name for someone from any of several locations named Hol, from Dutch hol ‘hollow’, or from Middle Dutch hole, heule ‘(low) arched bridge, weir’.

    Dutch: from a pet form, formed with man ‘man’, of the personal name Holle, from an ancient Germanic compound name with the element hold ‘loyalty’, for instance Holdert, Hollebrand, Holger and Holmer. Compare Holleman .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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