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Grey Cats. By Guðjón Baldvinsson. Special printing from North Iceland.
Guðjón Baldvinsson (born 1 July 1883 in Böggvisstaðir in Svarfaðardalur, died 10 June 1911) was an Icelandic socialist. He began his studies at the Lærði School in Reykjavík in 1901 and later at the University of Copenhagen in 1906, where he studied Nordic grammar and philosophy. Guðjón moved back to Iceland in 1908 without having completed his degree, as he was heart-sick and in poor health. He founded the first youth school in Svarfaðardalur and a language association. Guðjón worked as a children's teacher in Ísafjörður for a while and died there in 1911.
Guðjón was one of the first Icelanders to preach socialism in this country and had a formative influence on Icelandic politicians, including Ólafur Friðriksson and Jónas frá Hriflu, who were both among the founders of the Icelandic People's Union and the People's Party. Jónas said that Guðjón had been a spiritual magician who had given himself a life's work and a life's direction, but that Guðjón's colleagues at the university had disliked him because of his ideas about uplifting the people. Guðjón had campaigned for Jónas frá Hriflu to receive a scholarship when he was about to withdraw from his studies at Oxford in 1908 due to poverty. Ólafur Friðriksson said that Guðjón was the most memorable person he had met in Denmark and that he had introduced social democracy to him.
Sigurður Nordal wrote an article about Guðjón in Rétt in 1915, as they were schoolmates and roommates during their years of study in Reykjavík and Copenhagen. Sigurður said that probably no one had had as great an influence on him as Guðjón.
Guðjón's friends erected a monument to him by sculptor Ríkharður Jónsson in Eyrar Cemetery in Ísafjörður.
Guðjón Baldvinsson (born 1 July 1883 in Böggvisstaðir in Svarfaðardalur, died 10 June 1911) was an Icelandic socialist. He began his studies at the Lærði School in Reykjavík in 1901 and later at the University of Copenhagen in 1906, where he studied Nordic grammar and philosophy. Guðjón moved back to Iceland in 1908 without having completed his degree, as he was heart-sick and in poor health. He founded the first youth school in Svarfaðardalur and a language association. Guðjón worked as a children's teacher in Ísafjörður for a while and died there in 1911.
Guðjón was one of the first Icelanders to preach socialism in this country and had a formative influence on Icelandic politicians, including Ólafur Friðriksson and Jónas frá Hriflu, who were both among the founders of the Icelandic People's Union and the People's Party. Jónas said that Guðjón had been a spiritual magician who had given himself a life's work and a life's direction, but that Guðjón's colleagues at the university had disliked him because of his ideas about uplifting the people. Guðjón had campaigned for Jónas frá Hriflu to receive a scholarship when he was about to withdraw from his studies at Oxford in 1908 due to poverty. Ólafur Friðriksson said that Guðjón was the most memorable person he had met in Denmark and that he had introduced social democracy to him.
Sigurður Nordal wrote an article about Guðjón in Rétt in 1915, as they were schoolmates and roommates during their years of study in Reykjavík and Copenhagen. Sigurður said that probably no one had had as great an influence on him as Guðjón.
Guðjón's friends erected a monument to him by sculptor Ríkharður Jónsson in Eyrar Cemetery in Ísafjörður.