The Dane in the Village # 70401
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The Dane in Bær. Adam Hoffritz tells the story. Guðmundur G. Hagalín recorded.
A man named Adam Hoffritz, Danish by birth and German by descent. He grew up in Lyngby near Copenhagen, which is now Per Hækkerup's constituency, but came to Iceland in his early twenties, became a worker for Degur Brynjúlfsson in Gaulverjabær, worked as a sailor from Baugstaðasandur and eventually settled in Selfoss, married a nice woman from Stokkseyri and has accomplished many things in his life. Adam has lived here for four decades and has always been lucky enough to stay in South Iceland, if you exclude trips to other regions and fishing. He is a man of action and daring, a quick-witted man, a thousand-handed carpenter, walks bare-headed in all weathers and never puts on mittens. He mixes Danish and Icelandic indiscriminately in his speech, as he is quick-witted, but is more lively in speech than most, funny, shy and exaggerated. Adam is one of the most popular contemporary figures and is very interesting and memorable. He is a keen salmon hunter in his spare time and has gone on salmon hunts as far north as Laxá in Aðaldalur, and yet the pace of his career in Árnesþing is slow. This may indicate the man's addiction to fishing. (Alþýðublaðið, December 16, 1966.)
A man named Adam Hoffritz, Danish by birth and German by descent. He grew up in Lyngby near Copenhagen, which is now Per Hækkerup's constituency, but came to Iceland in his early twenties, became a worker for Degur Brynjúlfsson in Gaulverjabær, worked as a sailor from Baugstaðasandur and eventually settled in Selfoss, married a nice woman from Stokkseyri and has accomplished many things in his life. Adam has lived here for four decades and has always been lucky enough to stay in South Iceland, if you exclude trips to other regions and fishing. He is a man of action and daring, a quick-witted man, a thousand-handed carpenter, walks bare-headed in all weathers and never puts on mittens. He mixes Danish and Icelandic indiscriminately in his speech, as he is quick-witted, but is more lively in speech than most, funny, shy and exaggerated. Adam is one of the most popular contemporary figures and is very interesting and memorable. He is a keen salmon hunter in his spare time and has gone on salmon hunts as far north as Laxá in Aðaldalur, and yet the pace of his career in Árnesþing is slow. This may indicate the man's addiction to fishing. (Alþýðublaðið, December 16, 1966.)