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Fjölnir. An annual publication for Icelanders. Published by Brynjólfur Pétursson, Jónas Hallgrímsson, Konráð Gíslasson and Tómas Sæmundsson.
Copenhagen, 1835-1847. Photocopy in Lithoprent, Reykjavík 1943-1944.
Fjölnir was an Icelandic magazine that was published in Copenhagen between 1835 and 1847, a total of 9 times. The founders of Fjölnir have been called the Fjölnismen, and they were Brynjólfur Pétursson, Jónas Hallgrímsson, Konráð Gíslason and Tómas Sæmundsson, but at the time they founded Fjölnir, they were all studying in Copenhagen.
They all published the publication until 1838, but the 5th volume, 1839, was published by Tómas Sæmundsson alone and at his own expense, and Fjölnir was printed that year in Viðeyjarprentsmiðja. Tómas was then brought home and became a priest at Breiðabólstaður in Fljótshlíð. Then the publication ceased for a while, but during that period Jónas stayed in Iceland to conduct natural history research. In 1843 Fjölnir was published again, but now a certain society, Fjölnisfélagið or Nokkrir Íslendingar, had taken over the publication, and Gísli Magnússon and then Halldór Kr. Friðriksson were responsible. The magazine was not published in 1846, but the last issue appeared in 1847, dedicated to the memory of Jónas Hallgrímsson, who had died the previous spring.
Fjölnir heralded the romantic trend in Icelandic literature, many of Jónas Hallgrímsson's major poems were first published in Fjölnir, and it was also a revivalist publication in the language purity movement and national liberation and progress issues. Fjölnir received mixed reception, partly due to its idiosyncratic spelling and the fact that the rulers considered the word "gorgeir" to be too much for the Fjölnirists, but the magazine contributed greatly to the renewal of the Icelandic written language and had a long-lasting impact on the cultural and political life of Icelanders.
Copenhagen, 1835-1847. Photocopy in Lithoprent, Reykjavík 1943-1944.
Fjölnir was an Icelandic magazine that was published in Copenhagen between 1835 and 1847, a total of 9 times. The founders of Fjölnir have been called the Fjölnismen, and they were Brynjólfur Pétursson, Jónas Hallgrímsson, Konráð Gíslason and Tómas Sæmundsson, but at the time they founded Fjölnir, they were all studying in Copenhagen.
They all published the publication until 1838, but the 5th volume, 1839, was published by Tómas Sæmundsson alone and at his own expense, and Fjölnir was printed that year in Viðeyjarprentsmiðja. Tómas was then brought home and became a priest at Breiðabólstaður in Fljótshlíð. Then the publication ceased for a while, but during that period Jónas stayed in Iceland to conduct natural history research. In 1843 Fjölnir was published again, but now a certain society, Fjölnisfélagið or Nokkrir Íslendingar, had taken over the publication, and Gísli Magnússon and then Halldór Kr. Friðriksson were responsible. The magazine was not published in 1846, but the last issue appeared in 1847, dedicated to the memory of Jónas Hallgrímsson, who had died the previous spring.
Fjölnir heralded the romantic trend in Icelandic literature, many of Jónas Hallgrímsson's major poems were first published in Fjölnir, and it was also a revivalist publication in the language purity movement and national liberation and progress issues. Fjölnir received mixed reception, partly due to its idiosyncratic spelling and the fact that the rulers considered the word "gorgeir" to be too much for the Fjölnirists, but the magazine contributed greatly to the renewal of the Icelandic written language and had a long-lasting impact on the cultural and political life of Icelanders.