Sheriff Skúli. Father of Reykjavík # 70814
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Sheriff Skúli. Father of Reykjavík. A story from the eighteenth century. By Þórunn Jörla Valdimarsdóttir.
He managed to become a kind of hero in the minds of the oppressed people. He was both a dragon and a devil, that was included in the job of the king's collector. Skúli Magnússon, the father of Reykjavík, became the first Icelandic bailiff of the country. With that power in his pocket, he managed to bring the industrial revolution to Iceland with the establishment of the Reformation, where he was the main driving force. But Skúli had many sides: he was a farm boy, a cheerful Hafnarfjörður student, a young ambitious civil servant, a womanizer and a drunkard, the sheriff of Skagfjord and a fighter against the power of the monopoly merchants, the most influential Icelander for half a century and in close friendship with the rulers in Copenhagen – and a life-weary old man who defaulted before paying off the national debt of Viðey in full and ended his life there in the shelter of his opponents. All these aspects of Skúli are shown here by Þórunn Jarla Valdimarsdóttir in her own unique way, while at the same time describing his fellow countrymen and his time with empathy. Skúli fógeti is the author's twenty-fourth book. Þórunn has published novels, poems and books on various historical subjects, memoirs and more, including biographies of Snorri á Húsafell and Matthías Jochumsson. Her work has received various awards and recognitions.
He managed to become a kind of hero in the minds of the oppressed people. He was both a dragon and a devil, that was included in the job of the king's collector. Skúli Magnússon, the father of Reykjavík, became the first Icelandic bailiff of the country. With that power in his pocket, he managed to bring the industrial revolution to Iceland with the establishment of the Reformation, where he was the main driving force. But Skúli had many sides: he was a farm boy, a cheerful Hafnarfjörður student, a young ambitious civil servant, a womanizer and a drunkard, the sheriff of Skagfjord and a fighter against the power of the monopoly merchants, the most influential Icelander for half a century and in close friendship with the rulers in Copenhagen – and a life-weary old man who defaulted before paying off the national debt of Viðey in full and ended his life there in the shelter of his opponents. All these aspects of Skúli are shown here by Þórunn Jarla Valdimarsdóttir in her own unique way, while at the same time describing his fellow countrymen and his time with empathy. Skúli fógeti is the author's twenty-fourth book. Þórunn has published novels, poems and books on various historical subjects, memoirs and more, including biographies of Snorri á Húsafell and Matthías Jochumsson. Her work has received various awards and recognitions.