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Rökkvar í runnum. Poem by Oddfríður Sæmundsdóttir from Elliða. Rökkvar í runnum is Oddfríður's only book.
Oddfríður Sæmundsdóttir (Fríða) was born on June 13, 1902 in Elliða in Staðarsveit. Her parents were Stefanía Sæmundsdóttir, a housewife, and Sæmundur Sigurðsson, a farmer and district governor. Oddfríður married Ingólfur Sveinsson and they had three sons, one of whom was Guðmundur, a pianist.
Oddfríður worked in retail, etc. before becoming a stay-at-home housewife. After her husband's death, she worked in retail, etc. She most recently worked for the State Pharmaceutical Company. Fríða died in 2000.
Oddfríður's first poem to appear in print is called "Við dagsetur". Guðrún Erlingsdóttir, Erling Þorsteinsson's widow, published it in a book called Dropar, which was published in 1927. When Oddfríður was 86 years old, she self-published the book of poems Rökkvar í runnum. The book contains poems written at various times, as well as song lyrics, scout poems and translations. On the book cover, Oddfríður says that now autumn has come and rökkvi í runnum and the evening of life is passing, and the book is therefore also a farewell to friends and fellow travelers. Many of the poems were written by Hreðavatn in the Laxfoss area. The poem "Rökkvar í runnum" has been sung on records by Sigurður Ólafsson and later Þuríður Sigurðardóttir and Ragnar Bjarnason, but the song was composed by Jónatan Ólafsson, Oddfríður's cousin. The poem begins as follows:
Rows in evergreen bushes
The roses are closing their flower buds.
The moonlight trembles on the trees
The peaks are surrounded by fog...
(www.skald.is)
Oddfríður Sæmundsdóttir (Fríða) was born on June 13, 1902 in Elliða in Staðarsveit. Her parents were Stefanía Sæmundsdóttir, a housewife, and Sæmundur Sigurðsson, a farmer and district governor. Oddfríður married Ingólfur Sveinsson and they had three sons, one of whom was Guðmundur, a pianist.
Oddfríður worked in retail, etc. before becoming a stay-at-home housewife. After her husband's death, she worked in retail, etc. She most recently worked for the State Pharmaceutical Company. Fríða died in 2000.
Oddfríður's first poem to appear in print is called "Við dagsetur". Guðrún Erlingsdóttir, Erling Þorsteinsson's widow, published it in a book called Dropar, which was published in 1927. When Oddfríður was 86 years old, she self-published the book of poems Rökkvar í runnum. The book contains poems written at various times, as well as song lyrics, scout poems and translations. On the book cover, Oddfríður says that now autumn has come and rökkvi í runnum and the evening of life is passing, and the book is therefore also a farewell to friends and fellow travelers. Many of the poems were written by Hreðavatn in the Laxfoss area. The poem "Rökkvar í runnum" has been sung on records by Sigurður Ólafsson and later Þuríður Sigurðardóttir and Ragnar Bjarnason, but the song was composed by Jónatan Ólafsson, Oddfríður's cousin. The poem begins as follows:
Rows in evergreen bushes
The roses are closing their flower buds.
The moonlight trembles on the trees
The peaks are surrounded by fog...
(www.skald.is)